ráth

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɾˠɑː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɾˠaːx/^[1]

From Old Irish ráth (“earthen rampart, fort, rath”).

ráth m (genitive singular rátha, nominative plural ráthanna)

1. earthen rampart
2. ring-fort, rath
3. layer
4. shoal (of fish)

   Synonyms: báire, scoil

5. pod (of dolphins)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ráth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ráth ‘earthen rampart’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ráth”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ráth”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

From Old Irish ráth (“suretyship, guarantee, pledge”).

ráth m (genitive singular rátha, nominative plural ráthanna)

1. guarantee

   Synonym: ráthaíocht

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ráth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ráth ‘surety, guarantor’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ráth”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ráth”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

• IPA^(key): /r͈aːθ/

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ráth f (genitive ráithe, nominative plural rátha)

1. (law) surety, guarantor
2. (law) suretyship, guarantee, pledge

• (suretyship, guarantee): ráthaigecht

• ráthaiges, ráthachas
• ráthaigid
• ráthus, ráithius

• Middle Irish: ráith
  • Irish: ráth
  • ⇒ Scottish Gaelic: ràthan
  • ⇒ Manx: raane

From Proto-Celtic *rātis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃- (“to plough”).

• ráith

ráth m or f

1. earthen rampart surrounding a chief's residence, fort, rath

• ráthach
• ráthbuige
• ráthmogaid
• ráthmug
  • ráthmuigecht

• Irish: ráth
• Scottish Gaelic: ràth
• Manx: raah
• → English: rath

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ráth ‘surety, guarantor’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ráth ‘earthen rampart’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language