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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish rigin.[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic righinn.
Pronunciation
Adjective
righin (genitive singular feminine righne, plural righne, comparative righne)
- tough; tenacious; obdurate
- slow, deliberate; tardy
Declension
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rigin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 44
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 46
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “righin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “righin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “righin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024