"rath" meaning in Irish

See rath in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɾˠɑh/, /ɾˠa(h)/, [ɾˠaː] [Cois-Fharraige]
Etymology: From Old Irish rath (“grace, virtue”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸratom (“grace, virtue, good fortune”). Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*perh₃-}}, {{inh|ga|sga|rath|t=grace, virtue}} Old Irish rath (“grace, virtue”), {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*ɸratom|t=grace, virtue, good fortune}} Proto-Celtic *ɸratom (“grace, virtue, good fortune”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|ratha||||||||-|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} rath m (genitive singular ratha), {{ga-noun|m|~a|-}} rath m (genitive singular ratha) Forms: ratha [genitive, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], rath [indefinite, nominative, singular], a rath [indefinite, singular, vocative], ratha [genitive, indefinite, singular], rath [dative, indefinite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an rath [definite, nominative, singular], an ratha [definite, genitive, singular], leis an rath [dative, definite, singular], don rath [dative, definite, singular]
  1. fortune, good luck Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-rath-ga-noun-u-N9YKls Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 60 5 5 31
  2. prosperity Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-rath-ga-noun-9U2TCS-u
  3. usefulness Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-rath-ga-noun-PN~vKYUH Categories (other): Irish terms with collocations
  4. (literary) grace, bounty Tags: literary, masculine
    Sense id: en-rath-ga-noun-k60ytjwy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: anrath (english: ill-luck)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "ill-luck",
      "word": "anrath"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "*perh₃-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "rath",
        "t": "grace, virtue"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish rath (“grace, virtue”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish rath (“grace, virtue”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸratom (“grace, virtue, good fortune”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ratha",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rath",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a rath",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ratha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rath",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an rath",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an ratha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an rath",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don rath",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "-",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "ratha",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "rath m (genitive singular ratha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "~a",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "rath m (genitive singular ratha)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "60 5 5 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fortune, good luck"
      ],
      "id": "en-rath-ga-noun-u-N9YKls",
      "links": [
        [
          "fortune",
          "fortune"
        ],
        [
          "good luck",
          "good luck"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "prosperity"
      ],
      "id": "en-rath-ga-noun-9U2TCS-u",
      "links": [
        [
          "prosperity",
          "prosperity"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish terms with collocations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
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            [
              8,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to be good at doing something",
          "literal_meaning": "to have usefulness doing something",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "rath a bheith agat ag déanamh rud",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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            [
              12,
              22
            ]
          ],
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            [
              4,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "You’re no good at this game.",
          "literal_meaning": "You have no usefulness…",
          "text": "Níl rath agat sa chluiche seo.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "usefulness"
      ],
      "id": "en-rath-ga-noun-PN~vKYUH",
      "links": [
        [
          "usefulness",
          "usefulness"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "grace, bounty"
      ],
      "id": "en-rath-ga-noun-k60ytjwy",
      "links": [
        [
          "grace",
          "grace"
        ],
        [
          "bounty",
          "bounty"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) grace, bounty"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɾˠɑh/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɾˠa(h)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɾˠaː]",
      "tags": [
        "Cois-Fharraige"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Brill Publishers"
  ],
  "word": "rath"
}
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    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *perh₃-",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Irish third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "ill-luck",
      "word": "anrath"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "sga",
        "3": "rath",
        "t": "grace, virtue"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*ɸratom",
        "t": "grace, virtue, good fortune"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *ɸratom (“grace, virtue, good fortune”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish rath (“grace, virtue”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸratom (“grace, virtue, good fortune”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ratha",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rath",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a rath",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ratha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rath",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an rath",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an ratha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an rath",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don rath",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
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        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "ratha",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "rath m (genitive singular ratha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "~a",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "rath m (genitive singular ratha)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fortune, good luck"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fortune",
          "fortune"
        ],
        [
          "good luck",
          "good luck"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "prosperity"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prosperity",
          "prosperity"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish terms with collocations",
        "Irish terms with usage examples"
      ],
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "to be good at doing something",
          "literal_meaning": "to have usefulness doing something",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "rath a bheith agat ag déanamh rud",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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              12,
              22
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          ],
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              4,
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "You’re no good at this game.",
          "literal_meaning": "You have no usefulness…",
          "text": "Níl rath agat sa chluiche seo.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "usefulness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "usefulness",
          "usefulness"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Irish literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "grace, bounty"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grace",
          "grace"
        ],
        [
          "bounty",
          "bounty"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) grace, bounty"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɾˠɑh/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɾˠa(h)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɾˠaː]",
      "tags": [
        "Cois-Fharraige"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Brill Publishers"
  ],
  "word": "rath"
}

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