ruathar

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish rúathar (“onrush, onset, attack”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *routrom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rew- (“to hurry”). Cognate with Welsh rhuthr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɾˠuəhəɾˠ/[2]

Noun

ruathar m (genitive singular ruathair, nominative plural ruathair)

  1. rush (sudden forward motion), sally, onrush
  2. (military) charge, foray, incursion
  3. (dated, medicine) attack (sudden onset of disease)
  4. (military, law enforcement) raid

Declension

Declension of ruathar (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ruathar ruathair
vocative a ruathair a ruathara
genitive ruathair ruathar
dative ruathar ruathair
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ruathar na ruathair
genitive an ruathair na ruathar
dative leis an ruathar
don ruathar 		leis na ruathair

Derived terms

  • aer-ruathar
  • comhruathar
  • cromruathar
  • deargruathar
  • eachruathar
  • foruathar
  • imruathar
  • mionruathar
  • ruathar piléar
  • ruatharach
  • treasruathar
  • ruathaire

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rúathar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 230

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “ruaṫar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 920; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ruathar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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