righin

Irish

Alternative forms
  • roighin

Etymology

From Middle Irish rigin.[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic righinn.

Pronunciation

Adjective

righin (genitive singular feminine righne, plural righne, comparative righne)

  1. tough; tenacious; obdurate
  2. slow, deliberate; tardy

Declension
Declension of righin
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative righin righin righne
Vocative righin righne
Genitive righne righne righin
Dative righin righin righne
Comparative níos righne
Superlative is righne

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “rigin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 44
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 46

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