rithe

See also: ríthe

English

Noun

rithe (plural rithes)

1. Alternative form of rith (“small stream”)
   • 1805, Walley Chamberlain Oulton, The Traveller's Guide; Or, English Itinerary, page 436:

     Besides these branches, there are several rithes or channels, […]

   • 1927, Osbert Guy Stanhope Crawford, Antiquity, page 156:

     […] in Tingrithe (Bedfordshire), really thing-rithe or stream, by the site of Manshead hundred meeting-place, and in the discovery in the North Riding of the names Landmoth, i.e. land-moot, and Fingay (i.e. thing-how) Hill close together.

Anagrams

• Erith, Reith, Rieth, Thier, tehri, their, theri-

Irish

Verb

rithe

1. present subjunctive analytic of rith

Noun

rithe

1. plural of rith

Norman

Etymology

From Old French rire, from Late Latin rīdere, from Latin rīdēre.

Verb

rithe (gerund rithie)

1. (Jersey) to laugh

Antonyms

• plieuther (“to cry, weep”)

Derived terms

• rieux (“merry person”)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish frie.

Pronunciation

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈði.ə/, /ˈði.ɪ/
• (Uist) IPA^(key): /ˈɾʲi.ə/, [ˈɾʲiˑ.ə]
• (Barra) IPA^(key): [ˈɾʲiˑ.ʌ]
• (Argyll) IPA^(key): [ˈɾiːçə]

Pronoun

rithe (emphatic rithese)

1. third-person singular feminine of ri: with her, with it

Inflection

Personal inflection of ri
Number	Person	Simple	Emphatic
Singular	1st	rium	riumsa
	2nd	riut	riutsa
	3rd m	ris	ris-san
	3rd f	rithe	rithese
Plural	1st	rinn	rinne
	2nd	ribh	ribhse
	3rd	riutha	riuthasan