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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish ríar.
Pronunciation
Verb
riar (present analytic riarann, future analytic riarfaidh, verbal noun riar, past participle riartha)
- (transitive) administer, manage
- (transitive) provide (ar, do (“for”))
- (transitive) distribute, allocate; supply
- (transitive) serve, obey
Conjugation
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Derived terms
- riarthóireacht f (“(act of) administering, dispensing; administration”)
Noun
riar m (genitive singular as substantive riar, genitive as verbal noun riartha)
- verbal noun of riar
- administration, management
- provision, service
- distribution, allocation
- share, supply; sufficiency
- Alternative form of réir
Declension
- As substantive
- As verbal noun
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “riar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ríar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
Noun
riar m (dative singular rèir, genitive singular rèir, plural riaran)
- will, desire, pleasure, inclination
- Synonym: toil
Derived terms
Swedish
Verb
riar
- present indicative of ria
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