righ

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See also: rìgh and rígh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ro·icc, with final gh rather than g due to conflation with synonymous ro·saig, compounded by the fact that slender gh at the end of a word is pronounced like slender g in Munster.

Pronunciation

Verb

righ (present analytic righ, past analytic ráinig, future analytic riachtfaidh, verbal noun rochtain)

  1. (archaic) to reach; to arrive at; to stretch
    Synonym: sroich

Conjugation

conjugation of righ (first conjugation – C)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present rím ríonn tú;
rír† 		ríonn sé, sí rímid ríonn sibh ríonn siad;
ríd† 		a ríonn; a ríos ritear
past righ mé; ríos righ tú;
rís 		righ sé, sí ríomar; righ muid righ sibh; ríobhair righ siad; ríodar a righ /
ar righ* 		ríodh
past habitual rínn riteá ríodh sé, sí rimis; ríodh muid ríodh sibh ridís; ríodh siad a ríodh /
a ríodh* 		rití
future rífidh mé;
rífead 		rífidh tú;
rífir† 		rífidh sé, sí rífimid;
rífidh muid 		rífidh sibh rífidh siad;
rífid† 		a rífidh; a rífeas rífear
conditional rífinn rífeá rífeadh sé, sí rífimis; rífeadh muid rífeadh sibh rífidís; rífeadh siad a rífeadh /
a rífeadh* 		rífí
subjunctive present go rí mé;
go ríod† 		go rí tú;
go rír† 		go rí sé, sí go rímid;
go rí muid 		go rí sibh go rí siad;
go ríd† 		— go ritear
past dá rínn dá riteá dá ríodh sé, sí dá rimis;
dá ríodh muid 		dá ríodh sibh dá ridís;
dá ríodh siad 		— dá rití
imperative rím righ ríodh sé, sí rímis rígí;
rídh† 		rídís — ritear
verbal noun ríochan
past participle rite

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

conjugation of righ (irregular)
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative present righim righir righ sé, sí righmid righthí righid
past rángas;
riachtas 		rángais;
riachtais 		ránaig sé, sí;
ráinig sé, sí;
ráinic sé, sí;
riacht sé, sí 		rángamar;
riachtamar 		rángabhar;
riachtabhar 		rángadar;
riachtadar
past habitual righinn rightheá righeadh sé, sí righmís;
righmaois 		righthíd righdís
future righfead;
riachtfad 		righfir;
riachtfair 		righfidh sé, sí;
riachtfaidh sé, sí 		righfimíd;
riachtfamaoid 		righfídh;
riachtfaídh 		righfid;
riachtfaid
conditional righfinn;
riachtfainn 		righfeá;
riachtfá 		righfeadh sé, sí;
riachtfadh sé, sí 		righfimis;
righfeamaois;
riachtfamaois 		righfídh;
riachtfaídh 		righfidís;
riachtfaidís
imperative — righ righeadh sé, sí righmís; righmaois righídh righidís
verbal noun riachtain;
rochtain

1. relative form, autonomous form and subjunctive mood are omitted
2. only the synthetic forms (except the 3rd-person singular) are listed
3. the orthography used here is from before the spelling reform in the 20th century

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “righ”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • O'Brian, John (1832) An Irish-English Dictionary‎, pages 28–29
  • Leo, Heinrich (1847) Ferienschriften：Vermischte abhandlungen zur geschlichte der deutschen und keltischen sprache, zweites heft‎, pages 164–66
  • Edward O'Reilly & John O'Donovan (1864) An Irish-English Dictionary‎, page 422
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