riastradh

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Irish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish ríastrad (“the act of contorting; a distortion”).

Noun

riastradh m (genitive singular riastartha)

(literary) contortion

Declension

Declension of riastradh (third declension, no plural)

bare forms
case	singular
nominative	riastradh
vocative	a riastradh
genitive	riastartha
dative	riastradh

forms with the definite article
case	singular
nominative	an riastradh
genitive	an riastartha
dative	leis an riastradh don riastradh

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “riastradh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ríastrad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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