rí

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ri"

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈriː]

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• Rhymes: -riː

Verb

rí

1. (intransitive, literary, folksy) to weep

   Synonym: sír

2. (transitive, literary, folksy) to say something while weeping

Conjugation

conjugation of rí

			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	rívok	rísz	rí	rívunk	rítok	rínak
		Def.	rívom	rívod	ríja	ríjuk	ríjátok	ríják
		2nd-p. o.	rílak	―
	Past	Indef.	ríttam	ríttál	rítt	ríttunk	ríttatok	ríttak
		Def.	ríttam	ríttad	rítta	ríttuk	ríttátok	rítták
		2nd-p. o.	ríttalak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	rínék	rínál	rína	rínánk	rínátok	rínának
		Def.	rínám	rínád	ríná	rínánk	rínátok	rínák
		2nd-p. o.	rínálak	―
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	ríjak	ríj or ríjál	ríjon	ríjunk	ríjatok	ríjanak
		Def.	ríjam	rídd or ríjad	ríja	ríjuk	ríjátok	ríják
		2nd-p. o.	ríjalak	―
Infinitive	ríni		rínom	rínod	rínia	rínunk	rínotok	ríniuk
Other nonfinite verb forms			Verbal noun	Present participle	Past participle	Future part.	Adverbial part.	Potential
			rívás	rívó	rítt	rívandó	ríva	ríhat

Derived terms

• kirívó
• riad
• rian
• riaszt
• rikácsol
• ríkat
• rikolt
• rimánkodik
• riog
• riogat
• ripakodik
• rivalg
• rivall
• rívás
• sír-rí

 

(With verbal prefixes):

• kirí
• lerí

Further reading

• rí in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish rí, from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾˠiː/

Noun

rí m (genitive singular rí, nominative plural ríthe)

1. king (male monarch)
2. king (chess; cards; checkers/draughts))

Declension

Declension of rí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative rí ríthe Vocative a rí a ríthe Genitive rí ríthe Dative rí ríthe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an rí na ríthe Genitive an rí na ríthe Dative leis an rí don rí leis na ríthe

• Superseded spelling of genitive singular: ríogh
• Superseded spelling of dative singular: rígh
• Alternative nominative plural: ríogha
• Alternative genitive plural: ríogh

Coordinate terms

• banríon

Derived terms

• iníon rí (“princess”)
• leasrí (“viceroy”)
• mac rí (“prince”)
• Rián (“Ryan”)
• rímháistreacht (“virtuosity”)
• ríocht (“kingdom”)
• ríoga (“royal”)
• ríshliocht (“dynasty”)
• rí-ulchabhán (“eagle owl”)
• Ruairí (“Rory”)
• soitheach an rí (“cutter (boat)”)
• uirrí (“tributary king”)

 

Descendants

• English: Ryan (name)

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “rí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “rí” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 567.
• "rí" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “rí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “rí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish rí, from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”), which is derived from *h₃reǵ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r͈ʲiː/

Noun

rí m (genitive ríg, nominative plural ríg)

1. king
   • c. 1000, The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig, section 1, published in Irische Teste, vol. 1 (1880), edited by Ernst Windisch:

     Boí rí amra for Laignib, .i. Mac Dathó a ainm.

     There was a wonderful king over the Leinstermen; Mac Dathó was his name.

Coordinate terms

• rígan (“queen”)

Descendants

• Irish: rí
• Manx: ree
• Scottish Gaelic: rìgh

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “rí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”), which is derived from *h₃reǵ-. Cognates include Sanskrit राज् (rāj, “king”), राजन् (rājan), and Latin rēx (“king”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r͈ʲiː/

Noun

rí m (genitive ríg, nominative plural ríg)

1. king
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 85^d7

     amtis forbristi ind ríg, glosses principibus oppressis

Declension

Masculine g-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	rí	rígL	ríg
Vocative	rí	rígL	ríga
Accusative	rígN	rígL	ríga
Genitive	ríg	ríg	rígN
Dative	rígL	rígaib	rígaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

• ruiri

Coordinate terms

• rígain (“queen”)

Derived terms

• rígad
• rígaid
• rígdacht
• rígdae

 

Descendants

• Middle Irish: rí
  • Irish: rí
  • Manx: ree
  • Scottish Gaelic: rìgh

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “rí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language