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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish roithinech, corresponding to reithine + -ach.
Adjective
reithineach (genitive singular masculine reithinigh, genitive singular feminine reithiní, plural reithineacha, comparative reithiní)
- (literary) calm, tranquil, serene
Declension
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “reithinech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “roithinech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “reithineach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN