From Old High German reht with the regular phonetic development. (Compare the noun Recht, which was influenced by standard German.) The final -s is originally an adverbial genitive ending. Compare German rechts, Dutch rechts.
riets (masculine rietsen, neuter rietst, not comparable)
number and gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | hien ass riets | si ass riets | et ass riets | si si(nn) riets | |
nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | rietsen | riets | rietst | riets |
independent without determiner | rietses | rietser | |||
dative | after any declined word | rietsen | rietser | rietsen | rietsen |
as first declined word | rietsem | rietsem |
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