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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the root of rith.
Pronunciation
Noun
ruthag m (genitive singular ruthaig, nominative plural ruthaig)
- run (act of running, especially before jumping)
- (music) run (rapid passage along a scale)
- (athletics) run-up (approach run in order to gather speed or momentum)
- rush, dash, sprint
- trajectory (path of a body)
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Further reading
- “ruthag”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- “riuthag”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 ruthach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “roṫag”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 579
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 46