rían

See also: rian and Rian

Galician

Verb

rían

1. inflection of rir:
   1. third-person plural imperfect indicative
   2. third-person plural present subjunctive
   3. third-person plural imperative

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *reinos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r͈ʲiːa̯n/

Noun

rían m

1. sea, ocean
2. path, course, way
3. way, manner

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	rían	ríanL	réinL
Vocative	réin	ríanL	ríanuH
Accusative	ríanN	ríanL	ríanuH
Genitive	réinL	rían	ríanN
Dative	ríanL	ríanaib	ríanaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: rian
• Scottish Gaelic: rian

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Verb

rían

1. inflection of reír:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative