ruthag

• riuthag, rothag

From the root of rith.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠʊhəɡ/

ruthag m (genitive singular ruthaig, nominative plural ruthaig)

1. run (act of running, especially before jumping)
2. (music) run (rapid passage along a scale)
3. (athletics) run-up (approach run in order to gather speed or momentum)
4. rush, dash, sprint
5. trajectory (path of a body)

• snaidhm ruthaig (“running knot, slipknot”)

• “ruthag”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• “riuthag”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ruthach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “roṫag”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 579
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 46