rialta

Irish

Alternative forms

  • reallta, realta, riaghallta, riaghaltha (obsolete)
  • riaghalta (superseded)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish ríagalta (“bound by rule, regular”).[2] By surface analysis, riail +‎ -ta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɾˠiəl̪ˠt̪ˠə/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɾˠiːl̪ˠt̪ˠə/, (older) /ˈɾˠɯːl̪ˠt̪ˠə/[3]

Adjective

rialta

  1. regular, habitual
  2. (grammar) regular

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “rialta”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ríagalta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 460, page 148

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