different between eath vs rath
eath
English
Alternative forms
- eathe, eeth, eith, aith (Scotland)
Etymology
From Middle English ethe (“easy”), from Old English ?eþe, from Proto-Germanic *auþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *aut- (“empty, lonely”). Cognate with Scots eith (“easy”), Old Saxon ?þi (“deserted, empty”), Old High German ?di (“empty, abandoned, easy, effortless”), Middle High German öde (“blank, vacant, easy”) (German öde), Old Norse auðr (“deserted, empty”), Icelandic auð (“easy”), Gothic ???????????????????????? (auþeis, “desolate, deserted”). More at easy.
Adjective
eath (comparative eather, superlative eathest)
- (now chiefly dialectal) Easy; not hard or difficult.
- 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, XIX, lxi:
- There, as he look'd, he saw the canvas rent, / Through which the voice found eath and open way.
- 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, XIX, lxi:
Antonyms
- uneath
- difficult
Derived terms
- eathly
Related terms
- eathful
- eath-kent
- eathlins
- eathy
Adverb
eath
- (now chiefly dialectal) Easily.
Anagrams
- HEAT, Thea, haet, hate, heat, heta
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rath
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old Irish ráth.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /????/
- (US) IPA(key): /?æ?/
- Rhymes: -???, Rhymes: -æ?
- Homophone: wrath (some dialects)
Noun
rath (plural raths)
- (historical) A walled enclosure, especially in Ireland; a ringfort built sometime between the Iron Age and the Viking Age.
- 1907, James Woods, Annals of Westmeath, Ancient and Modern:
- There are numerous Danish raths in the parish.
- 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 1:
- Those with Celtic legendry in their heritage—mainly the Scotch-Irish element of New Hampshire, and their kindred who had settled in Vermont on Governor Wentworth’s colonial grants—linked them vaguely with the malign fairies and “little people” of the bogs and raths, and protected themselves with scraps of incantation handed down through many generations.
- 1907, James Woods, Annals of Westmeath, Ancient and Modern:
Translations
Etymology 2
From Hindi ?? (rath), from Sanskrit ?? (ratha).
Noun
rath (plural raths)
- A Burmese carriage of state.
Etymology 3
Adjective
rath (comparative more rath, superlative most rath)
- Alternative form of rathe.
Anagrams
- Arth, HART, Hart, Thar, hart, tahr, thar
Cornish
Noun
rath f (plural rathes)
- rat
Synonyms
- (Revived Late Cornish) logojen vroas
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish rath (“grace, virtue”), from Proto-Celtic *?ratom (“grace, virtue, good fortune”), from the root *?ar- (“bestow”) (whence Old Irish ernaid, from Proto-Indo-European *perh?- (“bestow, give”) (whence also Sanskrit ?????? (p????ti, “grant, bestow”), Latin par? (“prepare”)).
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /???h/
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /??a/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /??ah/
Noun
rath m (genitive singular ratha)
- (literary) bestowal, grant; grace, favour; gift, bounty
- prosperity
- abundance
- usefulness, good
Declension
Derived terms
- anrath (“ill-luck”)
Further reading
- Matasovi?, Ranko (2009) , “far-na-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ?ISBN, page 122
- Matasovi?, Ranko (2009) , “frato-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ?ISBN, page 140
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 rath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “ra?” in Foclóir Gae?ilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- "rath" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “prosperity” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- “success” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Old Saxon
Alternative forms
- rað
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *raþ? (“wheel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r??/
Noun
rath n
- wheel
Declension
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