rét

Hungarian

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• Rhymes: -eːt

Etymology 1

First attested in 1210. Of unknown origin.

Noun

rét (plural rétek)

1. meadow, grassland

   Synonyms: kaszáló, mező, legelő

2. flatland

   Synonyms: sík terület, síkság

3. marsh

   Synonym: mocsaras, vizes terület, zsombékos

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Etymology 2

First attested in 1528. A doublet of rét (“plain, flatland”).

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.

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References

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

• ért, tér, tré

Old Irish

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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-.

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. 20^c11

     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. 22^b23

     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. 68^b9

     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

Alternative forms

• réit (Würzburg glosses)

Derived terms

• rétglu

Descendants

• Irish: réad, rud
• Manx: red
• Scottish Gaelic: rud

References

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “rét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

·rét

1. third-person singular present indicative conjunct of réidid

Mutation

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 冽 (SV: liệt) (Bodman, Nguyễn Tài Cẩn, Nguyễn Thanh Tùng, Sagart).

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Adjective

rét • (𠗹)

1. very cold

See also

Noun

(classifier cơn, đợt) rét • (𠗹)

1. cold

Verb

rét • (𠗹)

1. to shiver (from cold)