riach

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾˠiəx/[1]

Etymology 1

Alteration of diabhal (“devil”).

Noun

riach m (genitive singular riaigh)

  1. (euphemistic) devil (used in certain fixed expressions)
    th’anam ón riabhach
    the devil take your soul

Further reading

Etymology 2

Adjective

riach (genitive singular masculine riaigh, genitive singular feminine riaiche, plural riacha, not comparable)

  1. alternative form of riabhach (“brindled”)

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 89, page 49
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