riicht
Luxembourgish
Alternative forms
- rit (now southern dialects)
Etymology
From Old High German *riht, variant of reht (whence Luxembourgish riets), both from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz. Cognate with German recht, English right, Dutch recht, Icelandic réttur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʀiːχt/, [ʀiːɕt]
- Rhymes: -iːɕt
Adjective
riicht (masculine riichten, neuter riicht, comparative méi riicht, superlative am riichtsten)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | hien ass | si ass | et ass | si si(nn) | |
| nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | riichten | |||
| independent without determiner | riichtes | riichter | |||
| dative | after any declined word | riichten | riichter | riichten | riichten |
| as first declined word | riichtem | riichtem | |||
Adverb
riicht
- straight, in a straight line