n
u, m. O.Ir. n
a
d
s.
rét
; in Wb. always reit, réit;
reet,
Cambr.
38a
(
Thes. ii 247.4
). g
s.
ind reto
,
Ml. 20a19
, cf.
44d6
,
Sg. 187b1
.
réta,
LU 3654
.
rétai,
Mon. Tall. 134.22
.
PH 3975
(retai).
rédae,
Mon. Tall. 136.31
.
raeta,
PH 7542
.
raota,
O'Mulc. 327
.
raotae,
633
. n
p.
ind rétai
,
Wb. 5c16
.
réte,
4a27
,
13d4
.
réta,
Sg. 148a4
. a
p.
rétu,
Wb. 22b33
.
Sg. 33a6
. g
p.
inna rétae
,
Ml.
15a2
.
reta,
Thes. ii 4.27
(
Acr. 8b
).
raod,
Mon. Tall. 132.22
.
rét
,
PH 2006
.
réd (ráed incorrect),
IGT Dec. § 95 p. 127.19
(m. g
s. n
p.
¤a,
g
p.
¤
).
A thing
, used in wide sense, both of inanimate objects
(oppd. to living creatures) and of abstracts, notions, etc.,
regarded as objects of thought. In Glosses used to transl.
Lat. res.
ret a nomine res latine
,
Corm. Y 1111
. ainm reto
nephchorpdi
of an incorporeal thing
,
Sg. 187b1
. do persanaib
beodaib . . . do rétaib marbdaib, gl. ad personas vel res,
39a11
,
12
.
do aicned cech retae,
PH 3975
.
is éraise in rét in tserc,
SCC 45
(
LU 3965
). réd neamhshubsdainteach an barr
the
enclitic is a thing (i.e. word) without substance (meaning in
itself)
,
IGT Introd. § 149
. ní réd nua re tuicsin duit co
ndechaidh mac Dé ó bhás
it is nothing new
,
ITS xix 60.10
.
ni di nach ret do denam
to do anything whatever
,
Mon. Tall.
§ 45
. bad féal . . . dogneid cach réit, gl. omnia vestra honeste
fiant,
Wb. 13a29
. is ferr cach réit son
better than everything
,
27d25
.
is laithe foilsigedar cech rét
,
Ml. 85b11
. in tain scaras
. . . fri cach reet caris
from everything he loves
,
Thes. ii 247.4
(Camb.).
gach réd dár dhealbhas im' dhán,
Content. vi 94
.
cia rét?
what
? (mod. créad): cia rrét, gl. quam ob rem,
Ml.
48c2
. cia du rét is torbach, gl. cui rei utilis?,
121d1
.
cia rét
non-scérad fri grád Crist?,
PH 5872
. asbert-si . . . nā fitir cá
rét peccad
that she did not know what sin was
,
LU 1825
(
RC ix
492.4
). cá raed dobeir in snechta?
what brings the snow?
Ériu v 24.5
. ro ḟiarfaigh . . . cata reda na teinnte atconnairc
what the fires were
,
RC xxv 392.7
.
Of actuality, substance, fact: i n-erlabra . . . ní hí rét
in
speech, not in matter
,
LU 461
=
RC xx 150.19
. ainm iar sund
┐ ret
according to sound and matter (sense
),
Auraic. 5474
.
Rarely of persons:
deibidach in raet in Gaeidel,
Acall. 4480
.
Folld. by partitive DE a part, portion, amount
:
raott becc
ecin d'ola croinn na betha,
Maund. 11
. ar ngabail raeda ecin
d'amarus dō
some doubt
,
RC xix 40.4
(mēti v.l.).
réad beag do
ríoghraidh an Náis,
Keat. Poems 576
. réad tar mhíle d'fhoghmharaibh
something over a thousand
,
Ó Bruad. iii 90
. As
virtual neut. rel. pron.: créad uma n-abra . . . réad nach
admha?
what you do not admit (having said
),
Content. ix 12
.
ag goid an réda nar leis fen
stealing what was not his own
,
BCC
239
. Folld. by gen.:
raed eigin methraid trithe,
Irish Texts v 56.10
.
Idiom: atait . . . gus an en-raed comfada re celi
almost exactly of equal length
,
ITS xiv 136.10
; lit.
up to (but for) one thing.
teit as gus an en-raed sa geimread
all but dies
(of an
annual plant),
158.7
.
In pl. with adj. often denotes a class:
réte frecndirci,
Sg.
4a27
. i retaib nebaicsidib
invisible things
,
4a24
. fo chosmailius
inna reta corptha
corporeal things
,
Thes. ii 4.27
.
oc iarraid na
rét soegulta,
PH 2006
.