riabhach

• riach

From Middle Irish ríabach; surface analysis riabh +‎ -ach, from Proto-Celtic *reibâko, from a Proto-Indo-European root shared with Latvian raibs (“multicolored”), Albanian rrebe (“caprice”).[1]

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠiəvˠəx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠiəwəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠeːwa(x)/, (older) /ˈɾˠɤːwa(x)/[2]

Cat riabhach

riabhach (genitive singular masculine riabhaigh, genitive singular feminine riabhaí, plural riabhacha, not comparable)

1. brindled
2. striped, streaked
3. dun, gray, swarthy
4. tabby (cat)

• bán, dubh nó riabhach

Riabhach san Íoslainn

riabhach f (genitive singular riabhaí, nominative plural riabhacha)

1. brindled cow

• laethanta na riabhaí (“borrowing days”)

• “riabhach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ríabach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “riaḃaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 567
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “riabhach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

From Middle Irish ríabach, from Proto-Celtic *reibâko, from a Proto-Indo-European root shared with Latvian raibs (“multicolored”), Albanian rrebe (“caprice”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrˠiəvəx/

riabhach

1. brindled, speckled, streaked

• riabhag-choille

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ríabach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language