ruthag

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the root of rith.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɾˠuhəɡ/[3]

Noun

ruthag m (genitive singular ruthaig, nominative plural ruthaig)

  1. run (act of running, especially before jumping)
  2. (music) run (rapid passage along a scale)
  3. (athletics) run-up (approach run in order to gather speed or momentum)
  4. rush, dash, sprint
  5. trajectory (path of a body)

Declension

Declension of ruthag (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ruthag ruthaig
vocative a ruthaig a ruthaga
genitive ruthaig ruthag
dative ruthag ruthaig
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ruthag na ruthaig
genitive an ruthaig na ruthag
dative leis an ruthag
don ruthag 		leis na ruthaig

Derived terms

  • snaidhm ruthaig (“running knot, slipknot”)

References

  1. ^ “ruthag”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ “riuthag”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 86, page 46

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