roth

See also: Roth and roð

German

Adjective

roth (comparative röther, superlative am röthesten)

  1. Obsolete spelling of rot: red

Declension


Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾˠɔ(h)/

Noun

roth m (genitive singular rotha, nominative plural rothaí)

  1. wheel

Declension

Derived terms


Old Irish

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /r͈oθ/

Noun

roth m

  1. wheel
  2. disc
  3. sphere

Inflection

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

Synonyms

Descendants

Mutation

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Noun

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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