rìgh

See also: righ and rígh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish rí, from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).

Pronunciation

• (Lewis, Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /rˠiː/
• (Harris, Uist, Barra, Skye) IPA^(key): /rˠui/

Noun

rìgh m (genitive rìgh, plural rìghrean)

1. (nobility, chess) king

   Bha Coinneach mac Ailpein na chiad rìgh na h-Alba.

   Kenneth MacAlpin was the first king of Scotland.

Derived terms

• 1 Rìghrean (“1 Kings, book of the Bible”)
• 2 Rìghrean (“2 Kings, book of the Bible”)
• ann-rìgh (“tyrant”)
• aon-rìgh (“monarch”)
• àrd-mhaor-rìgh (“herald, pursuivant”)
• àrd-rìgh (“supreme king, God; monarch; emperor”)
• arm-rìgh (“king-at-arms”)
• banrigh (“queen”)
• cathair-rìgh (“throne”)
• cìs-rìgh (“allegiance; excise”)
• còta preasach nighinn an rìgh (“lady's mantle”)
• currac an rìgh (“caul; kingshood in an animal's stomach”)
• Féill nan Rìgh, Là nan Trì Rìghrean (“Epiphany”)
• leas-rìgh (“regent”)
• lus an rìgh (“basil thyme calamint”)
• lus mhic rìgh Bhreatainn (“wild thyme, brotherwort”)
• maor-rìgh (“messenger at arms; king's messenger”)
• meacan an rìgh (“parsnip”)
• meacan-rìgh fiadhain (“wild parsnip; wild angelica”)
• meanbh-rìgh (“petty king”)
• mór-rìgh (“emperor”)
• rìgh-bhùth (“royal residence; royal pavilion”)
• rìgh-chathair (“throne; metropolis”)
• rìgh-chiste (“royal treasury”)
• rìgh-cholbh (“sceptre”)
• rìgh-choron, rìgh-chrùn (“royal crown”)
• rìgh-shliochd (“royal family, dynasty”)
• rìoghachd (“kingdom”)
• rìoghail (“royal; kingly”)

See also

• bana-phrionnsa
• banfhlath
• flath
• prionnsa

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “rìgh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language