reithid

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *reteti, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂-.

Pronunciation

Verb

reithid (conjunct ·reith, verbal noun riuth or rith)

  1. to run, to speed
    • c. 750-800 Torche na nDessi from Laud 610, published in "The Expulsion of the Déssi", Ériu 3 (1907), edited by Kuno Meyer, pp. 135-142, line 207
      Amal ossa, is amlaid ro·ráthatar ass.
      They ran away like deer.
      (literally, “Like deer, it's like them they ran away.”)

Inflection

Simple, class B I present, á preterite, unreduplicated s future, s subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative abs. rithu, rithim rithi rethid, rethith rethmai reithe rethait
conj. ·riuth ·rethi ·reith ·retham ·reithid ·rethat
rel. rethes, rethess retae, rethae
imperfect indicative ·reitis, ·reithis
preterite abs. ráith ráthatar
conj.
rel.
perfect deut. ro·ráthatar
prot. ·rorthatar, ·rorthetar, ·rrúairthetar
future abs. reiss
conj. ·ré ·ressat
rel.
conditional
present subjunctive abs. reiss
conj. ·ré ·ressat
rel.
past subjunctive ·ressed
imperative
verbal noun rith, riuth
past participle
verbal of necessity

Derived terms

Descendants

In all modern Goidelic languages, the verbal reflex of reithid came to adopt the same vowel as the verbal noun riuth.

  • Middle Irish: reithid

Mutation

Mutation of reithid
radical lenition nasalization
reithid
also rreithid in h-prothesis environments
reithid
pronounced with /ɾʲ-/
reithid
also rreithid

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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