reithid
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- rethid, rethith
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *reteti, from Proto-Indo-European *Hret-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈr͈ʲeθʲiðʲ/
Verb
reithid (conjunct ·reith, verbal noun riuth or rith)
- to run, to speed
Inflection
Simple, class B I present, suffixless preterite, s future, s subjunctive
| 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present indicative | Abs. | rethid, rethith | reth(a)it | ||||||
| Conj. | ·riuth | ·rethi | ·reith | ·retham | ·rethat | ||||
| Rel. | rethes(s) | ret(h)ae | |||||||
| Imperfect indicative | ·reit(h)is | ||||||||
| Preterite | Abs. | raith | rathatar | ||||||
| Conj. | |||||||||
| Rel. | |||||||||
| Perfect | Deut. | ||||||||
| Prot. | ·rorthatar, ·rorthetar, ·rrúairthetar | ||||||||
| Future | Abs. | reiss | |||||||
| Conj. | ·ré | ·ressat | |||||||
| Rel. | |||||||||
| Conditional | |||||||||
| Present subjunctive | Abs. | reiss | |||||||
| Conj. | ·ré | ·ressat | |||||||
| Rel. | |||||||||
| Past subjunctive | ·ressed | ||||||||
| Imperative | |||||||||
| Verbal noun | ri(u)th | ||||||||
| Past participle | |||||||||
| Verbal of necessity | |||||||||
Derived terms
- ad·reith
- ar·reith
- con·tetarrat
- do·airret
- do·etarrat
- do·fuarat
- do·íarmórat
- do·imthiret
- fo·reith
- fo·timmthirid
- in·reith
Descendants
- Irish: rith
- Manx: roie
- Scottish Gaelic: ruith
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| reithid also rreithid after a proclitic | reithid pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/ | reithid also rreithid after a proclitic |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “reithid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.