ráthach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish ráthach (“possessing forts”).[1] By surface analysis, ráth (“ring-fort, rath”) +‎ -ach (adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ráthach (genitive singular masculine ráthaigh, genitive singular feminine ráthaí, plural ráthacha, not comparable)

  1. having raths or ring-forts

Declension

Declension of ráthach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative ráthach ráthach ráthacha;
ráthacha2
vocative ráthaigh ráthacha
genitive ráthaí ráthacha ráthach
dative ráthach;
ráthach1 		ráthach;
ráthaigh (archaic) 		ráthacha;
ráthacha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Noun

ráthach m (genitive singular ráthaigh, nominative plural ráthaigh)

  1. (Ulster) snowdrift

Declension

Declension of ráthach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ráthach ráthaigh
vocative a ráthaigh a ráthacha
genitive ráthaigh ráthach
dative ráthach ráthaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ráthach na ráthaigh
genitive an ráthaigh na ráthach
dative leis an ráthach
don ráthach 		leis na ráthaigh

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ráthach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 475, page 151

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “ráṫaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 880; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ráthach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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