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German
Adjective
roth (strong nominative masculine singular rother, comparative röther or rother, superlative am röthesten or am rothesten)
- Obsolete spelling of rot (“red”)
Declension
Comparative forms of roth
Superlative forms of roth
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish roth, from Proto-Celtic *rotos (“wheel, chariot”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂-.
Pronunciation
Noun
roth m (genitive singular rotha, nominative plural rothaí)
- (architecture, heraldry, mechanical engineering, pyrotechnics) wheel (multiple senses)
- (familiar) bicycle
Declension
Derived terms
- bád rotha m (“paddleboat”)
- giar-roth (“gear-wheel”)
- mítéar-roth (“mitre-wheel”)
- pionna rotha m (“linchpin”)
- roithleán (“pulley, roller”)
- roth altach (“caterpillar-wheel”)
- roth bíse (“screw-wheel”)
- roth breise (“spare wheel”)
- roth Chaitríona (“Catherine-wheel”)
- roth corónach (“crown wheel”)
- roth cothromaíochta (“balance-wheel”)
- roth cuirtíní (“(curtain-)runner”)
- roth deiridh (“back wheel”)
- roth fiaclach (“cogged wheel”)
- roth gearrtha (“cutting-wheel”)
- roth laindéir (“lantern pinion”)
- roth lián (“paddle-wheel”)
- roth lústair (“fly-wheel”)
- roth muilinn (“mill-wheel”)
- roth pionnaí (“pin-wheel”)
- roth potaire (“potter's wheel”)
- roth prioctha (“pricking-wheel”)
- roth raicín (“ratchet-wheel”)
- roth rianaithe (“tracing-wheel”)
- roth spoir (“rowel”)
- roth stiúrtha (“steering-wheel”)
- roth tiomána (“driving-wheel”)
- roth tomhais (“trundle wheel”)
- roth tosaigh (“front wheel”)
- roth tuirlingthe (“landing-wheel”)
- roth uisce (“water-wheel”)
- roth ulóige (“pulley-wheel”)
- rothach (“wheeled; cyclic(al)”, adjective)
- rothadóir m (“wheelwright”)
- rothaí m (“cyclist”)
- rothaigh (“cycle”, intransitive verb)
- rothán m (“small wheel; loop, ring, hank”)
- rothchreatlach m (“spider”)
- rothdhiosca m (“wheel-disc”)
- rothfhad m (“wheel-base”)
- rothfhuinneog f (“wheel-window”)
- rothghléasra m (“train”)
- rothlach (“rotating”, adjective)
- rothlaigh (“rotate, gyrate; whirl, spin”, verb)
- rothlam m (“roll; whirl, spin”)
- rothmhol m (“wheel of water-mill”)
- rothóg f (diminutive)
- rothra m (“rotary press”)
- rothshraith f (“wheel-train”)
- rothshruth
- saor-roth (“free-wheel”)
Related terms
References
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “roth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 58
Further reading
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *rotos (“wheel, chariot”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hróth₂os (compare Latin rota (“wheel”), Sanskrit रथ (rátha, “chariot”) and Old High German rad (“wheel”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
roth m
- wheel
- disc
- sphere
Inflection
| Masculine o-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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| Nominative
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roth
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rothL
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roithL
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| Vocative
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roith
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rothL
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rothuH
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| Accusative
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rothN
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rothL
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rothuH
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| Genitive
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roithL
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roth
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rothN
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| Dative
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routhL, rothL
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rothaib
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rothaib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Synonyms
Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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roth
also rroth after a proclitic
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roth
pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/
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unchanged
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish roth, from Proto-Celtic *rotos (“wheel, chariot”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hroth₂os.
Noun
roth m (genitive singular rotha, plural rothan)
- wheel
- roth a' mhuilinn ― the mill-wheel
- roth-cartach ― a cart-wheel
- roth mór ― the driving-wheel of spinning-wheel
- eadar na rothan ― between the wheels
- rim (of a wheel)
- halo
- Tha roth mun ghealaich. ― There is a halo round the moon.
Further reading