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roth

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See also: Roth and roð

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Adjective

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roth (strong nominative masculine singular rother, comparative röther or rother, superlative am röthesten or am rothesten)

  1. obsolete spelling of rot (red)

Declension

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    From Old Irish roth,[1] from Proto-Celtic *rotos (wheel, chariot), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂-.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    roth m (genitive singular rotha, nominative plural rothaí)

    1. (architecture, heraldry, mechanical engineering, pyrotechnics) wheel (multiple senses)
    2. (familiar) bicycle

    Declension

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    Declension of roth (third declension)
    bare forms
    singular plural
    nominative roth rothaí
    vocative a roth a rothaí
    genitive rotha rothaí
    dative roth rothaí
    forms with the definite article
    singular plural
    nominative an roth na rothaí
    genitive an rotha na rothaí
    dative leis an roth
    don roth
    leis na rothaí

    Derived terms

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    References

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    1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “roth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
    2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 58

    Further reading

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    • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “roṫ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 916; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
    • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “roth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
    • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “roth”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
    • roth”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

    Old Irish

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    Etymology

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      From Proto-Celtic *rotos (wheel, chariot), from Proto-Indo-European *Hróth₂os (compare Latin rota (wheel), Sanskrit रथ (rátha, chariot) and Old High German rad (wheel)).

      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      roth m

      1. wheel
      2. disc
      3. sphere

      Inflection

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      Masculine o-stem
      singular dual plural
      nominative roth rothL roithL
      vocative roith rothL rothuH
      accusative rothN rothL rothuH
      genitive roithL roth rothN
      dative routhL, rothL rothaib rothaib
      Initial mutations of a following adjective:
      • H = triggers aspiration
      • L = triggers lenition
      • N = triggers nasalization

      Synonyms

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      Descendants

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      • Irish: roth
      • Scottish Gaelic: roth

      Mutation

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      Mutation of roth
      radical lenition nasalization
      roth
      also rroth in h-prothesis environments
      roth
      pronounced with /ɾ-/
      roth
      also rroth

      Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
      All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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      Scottish Gaelic

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      Etymology

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        From Old Irish roth, from Proto-Celtic *rotos (wheel, chariot), from Proto-Indo-European *Hroth₂os.

        Noun

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        roth m (genitive singular rotha, plural rothan)

        1. (chiefly Uist, Barra, Tiree, South Argyll) wheel
          Synonyms: cuibheall, cuibhle
          roth a' mhuilinnthe mill-wheel
          roth-cartacha cart-wheel
          roth mórthe driving-wheel of spinning-wheel
          eadar na rothanbetween the wheels
        2. rim (of a wheel)
        3. halo
          Tha roth mun ghealaich.There is a halo round the moon.

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