riabhach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish ríabach,[2] from Proto-Celtic *rēbākos. By surface analysis, riabh +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

riabhach (genitive singular masculine riabhaigh, genitive singular feminine riabhaí, plural riabhacha, not comparable)

  1. brindled
  2. striped, streaked
  3. dun, gray, swarthy
  4. tabby (cat)
  5. (nominalized, feminine) brindled cow

Declension

Declension of riabhach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative riabhach riabhach riabhacha
vocative riabhaigh riabhacha
genitive riabhaí riabhacha riabhach
dative riabhach riabhach;
riabhaigh (archaic) 		riabhacha
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “riabhach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ríabach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  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, § 205, page 103
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 73, page 31

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish ríabach,[1] from Proto-Celtic *rēbākos, from a Proto-Indo-European root shared with Latvian raibs (“multicolored”), Albanian rrebe (“caprice”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrˠiəvəx/

Adjective

riabhach

  1. brindled, speckled, streaked

Derived terms

References

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