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Roth

Roth

See also: roth and roð

English

Proper noun

Roth

  1. A surname of German origin.

Derived terms

Anagrams

roth

roth

See also: Roth and roð

German

Adjective

roth (comparative röther, superlative am röthesten)

  1. Obsolete spelling of rot: red

Declension


Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish roth, from Proto-Celtic *rotos (wheel, chariot), from Proto-Indo-European *Hroth₂os.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾˠɔ(h)/

Noun

roth m (genitive singular rotha, nominative plural rothaí)

  1. wheel

Declension

Derived terms


Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *rotos (wheel, chariot), from Proto-Indo-European *Hróth₂os (compare Latin rota (wheel), Sanskrit रथ (rátha, chariot) and Old High German rad (wheel)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /r͈oθ/

Noun

roth m

  1. wheel
  2. disc
  3. sphere

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
roth
also rroth after a proclitic
roth
pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/
roth
also rroth after a proclitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish roth, from Proto-Celtic *rotos (wheel, chariot), from Proto-Indo-European *Hroth₂os.

Noun

roth m (genitive singular rotha, plural rothan)

  1. wheel
    roth a' mhuilinn ― the mill-wheel
    roth-cartach ― a cart-wheel
    roth mór ― the driving-wheel of spinning-wheel
    eadar na rothan ― between the wheels
  2. rim (of a wheel)
  3. halo
    Tha roth mun ghealaich.
    There is a halo round the moon.