English Explanatory Dictionary

rith

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small stream or channel.

Pronunciation

/ɹaɪθ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rith.wav

Word forms

rith riths ride rithe rythe rife reeth

Etymology

From Middle English rīth (“a small stream”), rithe, from Old English rīþ m (“a small stream”), rīþe f, from Proto-West Germanic *rīþ, from Proto-Germanic *rīþaz, *rīþǭ (“stream, beck, brook”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to arise, arise”). Cognate with Old Frisian rīth, rīd (“stream, beck”), Old Saxon rīth (“stream, torrent”) (> Middle Low German rîde), Old Dutch rīth (“stream, beck”), German -reide (“stream”, in placenames).

Synonyms

brooklet bourn freshet gill rill rindle rivulet runlet runnel streamlet beck burn crick fresh race run
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