ridire

See also: Ridire

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ritire (“rider, knight”), from Old English ridere (“horseman”); see Scottish Gaelic ridire.

Noun

ridire m (genitive singular ridire, nominative plural ridirí)

(nobility, chess) knight
man of property

Declension

Declension of ridire (fourth declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	ridire	ridirí
vocative	a ridire	a ridirí
genitive	ridire	ridirí
dative	ridire	ridirí

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an ridire	na ridirí
genitive	an ridire	na ridirí
dative	leis an ridire don ridire	leis na ridirí

Derived terms

ridireacht (“knighthood; chivalry”)
ridiriúil (“knightly, chivalrous”)

Italian

Etymology

From ri- +‎ dire.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /riˈdi.re/
Rhymes: -ire
Hyphenation: ri‧dì‧re

Verb

ridìre (first-person singular present ridìco, first-person singular past historic ridìssi, past participle ridétto, first-person singular imperfect ridicévo, second-person singular imperative ridì' or (with syntactic gemination after the verb) ridì, auxiliary avére)

(transitive) to repeat, to say again
(transitive) to retell, to relate
(transitive) to gossip
(transitive) to recount, to narrate
(transitive) to recite
(transitive) to reply
(transitive) to criticize, to object
(intransitive) to complain, to find fault [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

Conjugation of ridìre (-ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

person	singular			plural
infinitive	ridìre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		ridicèndo
present participle		ridicènte	past participle		ridétto
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	ridìco	ridìci	ridìce	ridiciàmo	ridìte	ridìcono
imperfect	ridicévo	ridicévi	ridicéva	ridicevàmo	ridicevàte	ridicévano
past historic	ridìssi	ridicésti	ridìsse	ridicémmo	ridicéste	ridìssero
future	ridirò	ridirài	ridirà	ridirémo	ridiréte	ridirànno
conditional	ridirèi	ridirésti	ridirèbbe, ridirébbe	ridirémmo	ridiréste	ridirèbbero, ridirébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	ridìca	ridìca	ridìca	ridiciàmo	ridiciàte	ridìcano
imperfect	ridicéssi	ridicéssi	ridicésse	ridicéssimo	ridicéste	ridicéssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
imperative		ridì', ridì¹	ridìca	ridiciàmo	ridìte	ridìcano
negative imperative		non ridìre	non ridìca	non ridiciàmo	non ridìte	non ridìcano

¹With syntactic gemination after the verb.

Anagrams

irride

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ritire (“rider, knight”) (compare Welsh rheidyr), from Old English ridere (“horseman”), ridda, riddan (“knight”) (compare German Ritter (“knight”), Old Norse riddari (“rider, knight”)); related to English ride (see réidh).

Noun

ridire m (genitive singular ridire, plural ridirean)

(nobility, chess) knight, cavalier

Derived terms

ridireach (“knightly, chivalrous”)
ridireachd (“knighthood, chivalry”)

Chess pieces in Irish · fir fichille (layout · text)

rí	banríon	caiseal	easpag	ridire	ceithearnach, fichillín

Chess pieces in Scottish Gaelic · fir-tàileisg (layout · text)

rìgh	banrigh	tùr	easbaig	ridire	pàn