rèidh

See also: réidh

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • réidh (superseded)
  • (ma) réir

Etymology

From Old Irish réid (“level, smooth”), from Proto-Celtic *reidis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

rèidh (comparative rèidhe)

  1. smooth, even, flat, level, plain
  2. on good terms
    • c. 1782, Uilleam Ros, 'S truagh nach d' rugadh dall mi:
      Chan fhaigh mi cadal sàmhach
      A ghràidh, 's gun thu rèidh rium
      I will not get quiet sleep
      My love, without you reconciled to me
  3. (Argyll) ready, prepared, finished

Declension

Declension of rèidh (type II adjective)
masculine feminine plural
nominative rèidh rèidh rèidhe
genitive rèidh rèidhe rèidhe
dative rèidh rèidh rèidhe
vocative rèidh rèidh rèidhe

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 101
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), “The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire”, in A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, volume II, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 17
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