righ

See also: rìgh and rígh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ro·icc, with final gh rather than g due to conflation with synonymous ro·saig, compounded by the fact that slender gh at the end of a word is pronounced like slender g in Munster.

Pronunciation

Verb

righ (present analytic righ, past analytic ráinig, future analytic riachtfaidh, verbal noun rochtain)

  1. (archaic) to reach; to arrive at; to stretch
    Synonym: sroich

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “righ”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • O'Brian, John (1832) An Irish-English Dictionary, pages 28–29
  • Leo, Heinrich (1847) Ferienschriften:Vermischte abhandlungen zur geschlichte der deutschen und keltischen sprache, zweites heft, pages 164–66
  • Edward O'Reilly & John O'Donovan (1864) An Irish-English Dictionary, page 422
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