rèidh

See also: réidh

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • réidh (superseded)
  • (ma) réir

Etymology

From Old Irish réid (“level, smooth”), from Proto-Celtic *reidis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

rèidh (comparative rèidhe)

  1. smooth, even, flat, level, plain
  2. on good terms
    • c. 1782, Uilleam Ros, 'S truagh nach d' rugadh dall mi:
      Chan fhaigh mi cadal sàmhach
      A ghràidh, 's gun thu rèidh rium
      I will not get quiet sleep
      My love, without you reconciled to me
  3. (Argyll) ready, prepared, finished

Declension

First declension; forms of the positive degree:

Case Masculine singular Feminine singular Plural
Nominative rèidh rèidh rèidhe
Vocative rèidh rèidh rèidh
Genitive rèidh rèidh rèidh
Dative rèidh rèidh rèidhe

Comparative/superlative: rèidhe

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. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 101
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) “The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire”, in A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, volume II, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 17
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