riabhach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish ríabach[2], from Proto-Celtic *rēbākos, from a Proto-Indo-European root shared with Latvian raibs (“multicolored”), Albanian rrebe (“caprice”).[3] By surface analysis, riabh +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɾˠiəvˠəx/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɾˠiəwəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɾˠeːwa(x)/, (older) /ˈɾˠɤːwa(x)/[4]

Adjective
Cat riabhach
Riabhach san Íoslainn

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)
  5. (nominalized, feminine) brindled cow

Declension
Declension of riabhach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative riabhach riabhach riabhacha
Vocative riabhaigh riabhacha
Genitive riabhaí riabhacha riabhach
Dative riabhach riabhach;
riabhaigh (archaic)		 riabhacha
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

Derived terms

References
  1. “riabhach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ríabach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “riabhach”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 379
  4. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 31

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish ríabach[1], from Proto-Celtic *rēbākos, from a Proto-Indo-European root shared with Latvian raibs (“multicolored”), Albanian rrebe (“caprice”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈrˠiəvəx/

Adjective

riabhach

  1. brindled, speckled, streaked

Derived terms

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