Hungarian

Verb

rí

1. (poetic, archaic) to weep

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

• lerí

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish rí, from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs ‎(“ruler, king”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾˠiː/

Noun

rí m ‎(genitive singular rí, nominative plural ríthe)

1. king (male monarch)
2. king (chess; cards; checkers/draughts)

Declension

• Superseded spelling of genitive singular: ríogh
• Superseded spelling of dative singular: rígh
• Alternative nominative plural: ríogha
• Alternative genitive plural: ríogh

Coordinate terms

• banríon

Derived terms

Descendants

• English: Ryan (name)

See also

Chess pieces in Irish · fir fichille (layout · text)
rí	banríon	caiseal	easpag	ridire	ceithearnach, fichillín

References

• “rí” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “rí” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "rí" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs ‎(“ruler, king”), which is derived from *h₃reǵ-. Cognates include Sanskrit राज् ‎(rāj, “king”), राजन् ‎(rājan), and Latin rēx ‎(“king”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r͈ʲiː/

Noun

rí m ‎(genitive ríg, nominative plural ríg)

1. king
   • c. 875, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 85^d7

     amtis forbristi ind ríg, glosses principibus oppressis

   • c. 1160, The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig, section 1:

     Boí rí amra for Laignib, .i. Mac Dathó a ainm.

     There was a famous king over the Leinstermen; Mac Dathó was his name.

Declension

Synonyms

• ruiri

Coordinate terms

• rígan ‎(“queen”)

Derived terms

• rígad ‎(“crowning, coronation”, noun)
• rígaid ‎(“crown, make a king”, verb)
• rígdae ‎(“royal; palace”)
• rígdacht ‎(“palace”)

Descendants

• Irish: rí
• Manx: ree
• Scottish Gaelic: rìgh

References

• “rí” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.