reith
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish reithid (“tups (of rams)”).
Noun
reith f (genitive singular reithe)
- heat (condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile) (in sheep, goats)
Declension
Declension of reith
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms
Derived terms
- faoi reith (“in heat”)
Verb
reith (present analytic reitheann, future analytic reithfidh, verbal noun reitheadh, past participle reite)
- (transitive, intransitive) rut, tup
Conjugation
conjugation of reith (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “reith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “reithid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language