roiseadh

Irish

Noun

roiseadh m (genitive singular roiste, nominative plural roistí)

1. verbal noun of rois
2. rip, rent, tear
3. ragged cutting

   Synonym: roiseáil

4. rush, spate

Declension

Declension of roiseadh (irregular)

bare forms case singular plural nominative roiseadh roistí vocative a roiseadh a roistí genitive roiste roistí dative roiseadh roistí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an roiseadh na roistí genitive an roiste na roistí dative leis an roiseadh don roiseadh leis na roistí

Related terms

• roiseálaí m (“render, tearer; spouter”)

Verb

roiseadh

1. inflection of rois:
   1. autonomous past indicative
   2. analytic past habitual
   3. analytic past subjunctive
   4. third-person singular indicative

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “roiseadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “roiseadh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “roiseadh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024