righ

See also: rìgh and rígh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ro·icc, with final gh rather than g due to conflation with synonymous ro·saig, compounded by the fact that slender gh at the end of a word is pronounced like slender g in Munster.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɾˠɪɟ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɾˠɪj/

Verb

righ (present analytic righ, past analytic ráinig, future analytic riachtfaidh, verbal noun rochtain)

1. (archaic) to reach; to arrive at; to stretch

   Synonym: sroich

Conjugation

conjugation of righ (irregular)

		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	righim	righir	righ sé, sí	righmid	righthí	righid
	past	rángas; riachtas	rángais; riachtais	ránaig sé, sí; ráinig sé, sí; ráinic sé, sí; riacht sé, sí	rángamar; riachtamar	rángabhar; riachtabhar	rángadar; riachtadar
	past habitual	righinn	rightheá	righeadh sé, sí	righmís; righmaois	righthíd	righdís
	future	righfead; riachtfad	righfir; riachtfair	righfidh sé, sí; riachtfaidh sé, sí	righfimíd; riachtfamaoid	righfídh; riachtfaídh	righfid; riachtfaid
	conditional	righfinn; riachtfainn	righfeá; riachtfá	righfeadh sé, sí; riachtfadh sé, sí	righfimis; righfeamaois; riachtfamaois	righfídh; riachtfaídh	righfidís; riachtfaidís
imperative		—	righ	righeadh sé, sí	righmís; righmaois	righídh	righidís
verbal noun		riachtain; rochtain

1. relative form, autonomous form and subjunctive mood are omitted
2. only the synthetic forms (except the 3rd-person singular) are listed
3. the orthography used here is from before the spelling reform in the 20th century

Derived terms

• righ a leas

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “righ”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• O'Brian, John (1832) An Irish-English Dictionary‎^[1], pages 28–29
• Leo, Heinrich (1847) Ferienschriften：Vermischte abhandlungen zur geschlichte der deutschen und keltischen sprache, zweites heft‎^[2], pages 164–66
• Edward O'Reilly & John O'Donovan (1864) An Irish-English Dictionary‎^[3], page 422