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righin

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish rigin.[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic righinn.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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righin (genitive singular feminine righne, plural righne, comparative righne)

  1. tough; tenacious; obdurate
  2. slow, deliberate; tardy

Declension

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Declension of righin
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative righin righin righne
vocative righin righne
genitive righne righne righin
dative righin righin righne
Comparative níos righne
Superlative is righne

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rigin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 44
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 46

Further reading

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