rét

• IPA^(key): [ˈreːt]

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• Rhymes: -eːt

First attested in 1210. Of unknown origin.^[1]

rét (plural rétek)

1. meadow, grassland

   Synonyms: kaszáló, mező, legelő

2. flatland

   Synonyms: sík terület, síkság

3. [1560] marsh

   Synonym: mocsaras, vizes terület, zsombékos

First attested in 1528. A doublet of rét (“plain, flatland”).^[2][1]

rét (plural rétek)

1. layer, ply, stratum

   Synonyms: réteg, sor, rend

2. [1566] pleat, fold

   Synonyms: redő, ránc

3. [1792] sheet of folded material (as the last suffix-like component of a compound word)

   Kétrét hajtottam a papírt. ― I folded the paper in half.

• (meadow): rét in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• (fold): rét in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

• ért, tér, tré

• IPA^(key): [r͈ʲeːd]

Without other cognates in Celtic, but theoretically from Proto-Celtic *rentus, perhaps related to Sanskrit रत्न (rátna, “possession; precious object, treasure, riches, goods”) via a common Proto-Indo-European *(H)ren-t-.^[1][2]

rét m

1. thing
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 20^c11

     i cach réit ro·hí a less

     in everything that he may need

   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 22^b23

     Ci as·bera nech ro·pïa nem cía du·gneid na rétu sa, nípa fír.

     Even if anyone says you pl will have heaven although you do these things, it will not be true.

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 68^b9

     cia beith ar n‑acathar nech inna rétu inducbaidi in betha so, arnach·corathar i mmoth ⁊ machthad dia seirc ⁊ dia n‑accubur

     though it be that someone sees the glorious things of this world, that he may not be put in stupor and admiration by love for them and by desire for them

• réit (Würzburg glosses)

• rétglu

• Irish: réad, rud
• Manx: red
• Scottish Gaelic: rud

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

·rét

1. third-person singular present indicative conjunct of réidid

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 冽 (SV: liệt).

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zɛt̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐɛt̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɹɛk̚˦˥]

rét • (𠗹)

1. very cold

(classifier cơn, đợt) rét • (𠗹)

1. cold