ruthag

Irish

Alternative forms

• riuthag, rothag

Etymology

From the root of rith.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠʊhəɡ/

Noun

ruthag m (genitive singular ruthaig, nominative plural ruthaig)

1. run (act of running, especially before jumping)
2. (music) run (rapid passage along a scale)
3. (athletics) run-up (approach run in order to gather speed or momentum)
4. rush, dash, sprint
5. trajectory (path of a body)

Declension

Declension of ruthag (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ruthag ruthaig vocative a ruthaig a ruthaga genitive ruthaig ruthag dative ruthag ruthaig forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ruthag na ruthaig genitive an ruthaig na ruthag dative leis an ruthag don ruthag leis na ruthaig

Derived terms

• snaidhm ruthaig (“running knot, slipknot”)

Further reading

• “ruthag”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• “riuthag”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ruthach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “roṫag”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 579
• 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 46