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, most dialects) IPA(key): /rˠiː/
  • (Harris, Uist, Barra, Skye) IPA(key): /rˠʊi/; /rˠɯi/

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
  • 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
Chess pieces in Scottish Gaelic · fir-tàileisg (layout · text)
rìgh banrigh tùr easbaig ridire pàn

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “rìgh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “rí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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