riets

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʀiə̯ts/

Etymology 1

From Old High German reht with the regular phonetic development. (Compare the noun Recht, which was influenced by standard German.) The final -s is originally an adverbial genitive ending. Compare German rechts, Dutch rechts.

Adjective

riets (masculine rietsen, neuter rietst, not comparable)

  1. right (not left)
    Hues du däi lénksen oder rietse Knéi wéi?
    Do you have pain in your left or your right knee?
Declension
Declension of riets
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative hien ass si ass et ass si si(nn)
nominative /
accusative 		attributive and/or after determiner rietsen rietst
independent without determiner rietses rietser
dative after any declined word rietsen rietser rietsen rietsen
as first declined word rietsem rietsem

Adverb

riets

  1. to the right
  2. on the right

Etymology 2

Verb

riets

  1. second-person singular present indicative of rieden
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