Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

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

Declension

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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

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rigin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 44
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 46

Further reading

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