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Irish
Etymology 1
Noun
roiste m sg
- genitive singular of roiseadh (“rip, rent, tear; ragged cutting; rush, spate”)
Verb
roiste
- past participle of rois (“ravel out, unravel; rip, rend, tear”)
Etymology 2
Noun
roiste f pl
- (nonstandard) plural of rois (“volley; blast, burst”)
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “roiste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “roiste”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “roiste”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024