roth

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See also: Roth and roð

German

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Adjective

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roth (strong nominative masculine singular rother, comparative röther or rother, superlative am röthesten or am rothesten)

  1. Obsolete spelling of rot (red).

Declension

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish roth,[1] from Proto-Celtic *rotos (wheel, chariot), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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roth m (genitive singular rotha, nominative plural rothaí)

  1. (architecture, heraldry, mechanical engineering, pyrotechnics) wheel (multiple senses)
  2. (familiar) bicycle

Declension

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Declension of roth (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative roth rothaí
vocative a roth a rothaí
genitive rotha rothaí
dative roth rothaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an roth na rothaí
genitive an rotha na rothaí
dative leis an roth
don roth
leis na rothaí

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “roth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 58

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *rotos (wheel, chariot), from Proto-Indo-European *Hróth₂os (compare Latin rota (wheel), Sanskrit रथ (rátha, chariot) and Old High German rad (wheel)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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roth m

  1. wheel
  2. disc
  3. sphere

Inflection

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Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative roth rothL roithL
Vocative roith rothL rothuH
Accusative rothN rothL rothuH
Genitive roithL roth rothN
Dative routhL, rothL rothaib rothaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Irish: roth
  • Scottish Gaelic: roth

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
roth
also rroth after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
roth
pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish roth, from Proto-Celtic *rotos (wheel, chariot), from Proto-Indo-European *Hroth₂os.

Noun

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roth m (genitive singular rotha, plural rothan)

  1. wheel
    roth a' mhuilinnthe mill-wheel
    roth-cartacha cart-wheel
    roth mórthe driving-wheel of spinning-wheel
    eadar na rothanbetween the wheels
  2. rim (of a wheel)
  3. halo
    Tha roth mun ghealaich.There is a halo round the moon.

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