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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish rithimm, from Latin rhythmus, from Ancient Greek ῥυθμός (rhuthmós, “any measured flow or movement, symmetry, rhythm”).
Noun
rithim f (genitive singular rithime, nominative plural rithimí)
- (music, golf) rhythm
- (geology, of sedimentation) rhythm
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
rithim
- first-person singular present indicative/imperative of rith
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “rithim(m)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rithim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “rithim” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “rithim” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 44