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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
Etymology From Old Irish roth [ 1] 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 ” )
References
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “roth ”, 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 58
Further reading Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977 ) “roth ”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla , Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959 ) “roth ”, in English-Irish Dictionary , An Gúm“roth ”, in New English-Irish Dictionary , Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
Old Irish
Etymology From Proto-Celtic *rotos ( “ wheel, chariot ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *Hróth₂os Latin rota ( “ wheel ” ) , Sanskrit रथ ( rátha , “ chariot ” ) and Old High German rad ( “ wheel ” ) ).
Pronunciation
Noun roth m
wheel disc sphere
Inflection
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
H = triggers aspirationL = triggers lenitionN = triggers nasalization
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Descendants
Mutation
Mutation of roth
radical
lenition
nasalization
roth also rroth after a proclitic roth pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/ unchanged
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology From Old Irish roth Proto-Celtic *rotos ( “ wheel, chariot ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *Hroth₂os
Noun roth m genitive singular rotha plural rothan
( Islay , Arran , Argyll islands) wheel
Synonym: cuidheall roth a' mhuilinnthe mill-wheel roth -cartacha cart-wheel roth mórthe 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.
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