rithe

See also: ríthe

English

Noun

rithe (plural rithes)

1. Alternative form of rith (“small stream”)
   • 1805, Walley Chamberlain Oulton, The Traveller's Guide; Or, English Itinerary, page 436:

     Besides these branches, there are several rithes or channels, […]

   • 1927, Osbert Guy Stanhope Crawford, Antiquity, page 156:

     […] in Tingrithe (Bedfordshire), really thing-rithe or stream, by the site of Manshead hundred meeting-place, and in the discovery in the North Riding of the names Landmoth, i.e. land-moot, and Fingay (i.e. thing-how) Hill close together.

Anagrams

• Erith, Reith, Rieth, Thier, tehri, their, theri-

Irish

Verb

rithe

1. present subjunctive analytic of rith

Noun

rithe

1. plural of rith

Norman

Etymology

From Old French rire, from Late Latin rīdere, from Latin rīdēre.

Verb

rithe (gerund rithie)

1. (Jersey) to laugh

Antonyms

• plieuther (“to cry, weep”)

Derived terms

• rieux (“merry person”)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish frie.

Pronunciation

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈði.ə/, /ˈði.ɪ/^[1]
• (Uist) IPA^(key): /ˈɾʲi.ə/^[2], [ˈɾʲiˑ.ə]^[3]
• (Barra) IPA^(key): [ˈɾʲiˑ.ʌ]^[4]
• (Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈɾʲi.ɪ/^[5]
• (Argyll) IPA^(key): [ˈɾiːçə]

Pronoun

rithe (emphatic rithese)

1. third-person singular feminine of ri: with her, with it

Inflection

Personal inflection of ri

	Person:		simple	emphatic
singular	first		rium	riumsa
	second		riut	riutsa
	third	m	ris	ris-san
		f	rithe	rithese
plural	first		rinn	rinne
	second		ribh	ribhse
	third		riutha	riuthasan

References

1. Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
2. Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
3. John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
4. Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
5. Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN