rét

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -eːt

Etymology 1

First attested in 1210. Of unknown origin.[1]

Noun

rét (plural rétek)

  1. meadow, grassland
    Synonyms: kaszáló, mező, legelő
  2. flatland
    Synonyms: sík terület, síkság
  3. marsh
    Synonym: mocsaras, vizes terület, zsombékos
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative rét rétek
accusative rétet réteket
dative rétnek réteknek
instrumental réttel rétekkel
causal-final rétért rétekért
translative rétté rétekké
terminative rétig rétekig
essive-formal rétként rétekként
essive-modal
inessive rétben rétekben
superessive réten réteken
adessive rétnél réteknél
illative rétbe rétekbe
sublative rétre rétekre
allative réthez rétekhez
elative rétből rétekből
delative rétről rétekről
ablative réttől rétektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
rété réteké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
rétéi rétekéi
Possessive forms of rét
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. rétem rétjeim
2nd person sing. réted rétjeid
3rd person sing. rétje rétjei
1st person plural rétünk rétjeink
2nd person plural rétetek rétjeitek
3rd person plural rétjük rétjeik
Derived terms
Expressions

Etymology 2

First attested in 1528. A doublet of rét (plain, flatland).[2][1]

Noun

rét (plural rétek)

  1. layer, ply, stratum
    Synonyms: réteg, sor, rend
  2. pleat, fold
    Synonyms: redő, ránc
  3. sheet of folded material (as the last suffix-like component of a compound word)
    Kétrét hajtottam a papírt.I folded the paper in half.
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative rét rétek
accusative rétet réteket
dative rétnek réteknek
instrumental réttel rétekkel
causal-final rétért rétekért
translative rétté rétekké
terminative rétig rétekig
essive-formal rétként rétekként
essive-modal
inessive rétben rétekben
superessive réten réteken
adessive rétnél réteknél
illative rétbe rétekbe
sublative rétre rétekre
allative réthez rétekhez
elative rétből rétekből
delative rétről rétekről
ablative réttől rétektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
rété réteké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
rétéi rétekéi
Possessive forms of rét
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. rétem rétjeim
2nd person sing. réted rétjeid
3rd person sing. rétje rétjei
1st person plural rétünk rétjeink
2nd person plural rétetek rétjeitek
3rd person plural rétjük rétjeik
Derived terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 rét in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  2. ^ rét in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

  • (meadow): rét in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (fold): rét in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Anagrams

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Without other cognates in Celtic, but theoretically from Proto-Celtic *rentus, perhaps related to Sanskrit रत्न (rátna, possession; precious object, treasure, riches, goods) via a common Proto-Indo-European *(H)ren-t-.[1][2]

Noun

rét m

  1. thing
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 20c11
      i cach réit ro·hí a less
      in everything that he may need
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 22b23
      Ci as·bera nech ro·pïa nem cía du·gneid na rétu sa, nípa fír.
      Even if anyone says you pl will have heaven although you do these things, it will not be true.
    • 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. 68b9
      cia beith ar n‑acathar nech inna rétu inducbaidi in betha so, arnach·corathar i mmoth ⁊ machthad dia seirc ⁊ dia n‑accubur
      though it be that someone sees the glorious things of this world, that he may not be put in stupor and admiration by love for them and by desire for them
Inflection
Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative rét rétL rétae, réte
Vocative rét rétL rétu
Accusative rétN rétL rétu
Genitive rétoH, rétaH réto, réta rétaeN, réteN
Dative rétL rétaib rétaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Alternative forms
  • réit (Würzburg glosses)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Irish: réad, rud
  • Manx: red
  • Scottish Gaelic: rud

References

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “rud”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page 296
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*rentu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 309

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

·rét

  1. third-person singular present indicative conjunct of réidid

Mutation

Mutation of rét
radical lenition nasalization
rét
also rrét after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
rét
pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/
unchanged

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

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (SV: liệt).

Pronunciation

Adjective

rét (𠗹)

  1. very cold

Noun

(classifier cơn, đợt) rét (𠗹)

  1. cold

Derived terms