roth

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See also: Roth and roð

German[edit]

Adjective[edit]

roth (strong nominative masculine singular rother, comparative röther or rother, superlative am röthesten or am rothesten)

  1. Obsolete spelling of rot (red)

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Irish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish roth,[1] from Proto-Celtic *rotos (wheel, chariot), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂-.

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Noun[edit]

roth m (genitive singular rotha, nominative plural rothaí)

  1. (architecture, heraldry, mechanical engineering, pyrotechnics) wheel (multiple senses)
  2. (familiar) bicycle

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References[edit]

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “roth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 58

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Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *rotos (wheel, chariot), from Proto-Indo-European *Hróth₂os (compare Latin rota (wheel), Sanskrit रथ (rátha, chariot) and Old High German rad (wheel)).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

roth m

  1. wheel
  2. disc
  3. sphere

Inflection[edit]

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative roth rothL roithL
Vocative roith rothL rothuH
Accusative rothN rothL rothuH
Genitive roithL roth rothN
Dative routhL, rothL rothaib rothaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

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Descendants[edit]

  • Irish: roth
  • Scottish Gaelic: roth

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
roth
also rroth after a proclitic
roth
pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish roth, from Proto-Celtic *rotos (wheel, chariot), from Proto-Indo-European *Hroth₂os.

Noun[edit]

roth m (genitive singular rotha, plural rothan)

  1. wheel
    roth a' mhuilinnthe mill-wheel
    roth-cartacha cart-wheel
    roth mórthe driving-wheel of spinning-wheel
    eadar na rothanbetween the wheels
  2. rim (of a wheel)
  3. halo
    Tha roth mun ghealaich.There is a halo round the moon.

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