ríar

See also: riar

Old Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /r͈ʲiːa̯r/

Etymology 1

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Noun

ríar f (genitive réire, nominative plural ríara)

will, wish
demand, request
demand, stipulation, rule
claims to compensation, tribute made by a king or abbot
supplying physical needs, attendance, hospitality
submitting to, obeying
subduing, governing

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ríar^L	réir^L	ríara^H
vocative	ríar^L	réir^L	ríara^H
accusative	réir^N	réir^L	ríara^H
genitive	réire^H	ríar^L	ríar^N
dative	réir^L	ríaraib	ríaraib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

aimríar
arusc réire
comríar
do réir
fo réir
tar réir

Descendants

Irish: riar, réir

Etymology 2

Noun

ríar f

(music) note, sound

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ríar^L	réir^L	ríara^H
vocative	ríar^L	réir^L	ríara^H
accusative	réir^N	réir^L	ríara^H
genitive	réire^H	ríar^L	ríar^N
dative	réir^L	ríaraib	ríaraib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of *ríar*
radical	lenition	nasalization
ríar also rríar in h-prothesis environments	ríar pronounced with /ɾʲ-/	ríar also rríar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ríar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ríar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language