ListOfCommonNouns_R

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 * //**rabhadh**// ||= M || //rabhaidhean// || //rabhaidh// || a warning ||  || 1. //thoir rabhadh do ... gu ...// (to warn somebody that ...); 2. //rabhadh mu ...// (a warning about sth); ||
 * //**ràc**// ||= M || //ràcan// || //ràic// || a drake || bird || 1. cf. //tunnag// (f) - a duck; //dràc//, //ràcan// , //ràcaire// (m) - a drake; ||
 * //**ràcaire**// ||= M || //ràcairean// || //ràcaire// || a drake; a rake (i.e. person) || bird || 1. cf. //tunnag// (f) - a duck; //dràc//, //ràcan// , //ràc// (m) - a drake; ||
 * //**ràcan**// ||= M || //ràcanan// || //ràcain// || a drake; a rake (i.e. garden tool) || bird || 1. cf. //tunnag// (f) - a duck; //dràc//, //ràc// , //ràcaire// (m) - a drake; ||
 * //**raon**// ||= M || //raontan//, //raointean// || //raoin// || a field, a plain, an area ||  || 1. //raon-cluiche// (playground); ||
 * //**rathad**// ||= M || //rathaidean//, //rothaidean// , //ròidean// || //rathaid// , //rothaid// || a road ||  || 1. //Bha e air an rathad a Loch Iùbh.// (He was on the way to Loch Ewe); 2. // Chaidh an càr aige bhàrr an rathaid. // (His car went off the road.); 3. // Choisich mi an rathad gu ruige Leitir Fura. // 'I walked (along) the road to Leitir Fura.'; ||
 * //**reithe**// ||= M || //reithean// || //reithe// || a ram || animal || 1. //caora// (f) - a ewe; //molt// (m) - a wedder; ||
 * **//reul//** ||= F || //reultan// || // rèile // || a star, an asterisk || heavenly-body || 1. cf. // rionnag // (f, a star); 2. // am measg nan reultan // (among the stars); 3. See also: // reultag // (f, a starlet); // reultach // (astral); // reuladair // (m, an astronomer); // reuladaireachd //(f, astronomy); 4. // reul-eòlaiche // (m, an astronomer); // Tha e ag iarraidh a bhith 'na reul-eòlaiche. // (He wants to be an astronomer.); ||
 * //** reuladair **// ||= M || // reuladairean // || // reuladair // || an astronomer, an astrologer || person -adair || 1. Derived from: // reul // (f, a star); 2. See also: // reuladaireachd // (f, astronomy); 3. See also: // speuradair // (m, an astronaut, astrologer, meteorologist); ||
 * //** reultaireachd **// ||= F || - || // reultaireachd // || astronomy || -achd || 1. Derived from: // reul // (f, a star); // reultair // (?); 2. See also: // speuradaireachd // (f, astrology, meteorology); // reul-eòlas // (m, astronomy); ||
 * //** reultag **// ||= F || // reultagan // || // reultaige // || a starlet, an asterisk || -ag || 1. Derived from: // reul // (f, a star); ||
 * //** riaghailt **// ||= F || // riaghailtean // || // riaghailte // || a rule ||  || 1. Derived from: // riaghail // (to govern); 2. See also: // riaghaltas // (m, a government); ||
 * ** //riaghaltas// ** ||= M || //riaghaltasan// || //riaghaltais// || a government || -as || 1. //Riaghaltas na h-Albann// - the Scottish Government; 2. // riaghaltas ionadail // (local government); 3. Not to be confused with: //rìoghachd// (f, a kingdom); 4. Derived from: // riaghail // (to govern); ||
 * //** riaghladair **// ||= M || // riaghladairean // || // riaghladair // || a governor || -adair, person || 1. Derived from: // riaghail // 'to govern'; ||
 * //**rìbhinn**// ||= F || //rìbhinnean// || //rìbhinne// || a maiden || person || 1. cf. //òigh// (f) - a maiden; //maighdeann// (f) - a maiden, spinster; 2. // Chuala mi rìbhinn òg 's i deurach. // (I heard a tearful young maiden - Julie Fowlis); ||
 * //** ridire **// ||= M || // ridirean // || // ridirean // || a knight || person, -ire || 1. // an Ridire Alasdair MacCoinnich // 'Sir Alexander McKenzie'; 2. // dèan ... 'na ridire // 'to knight sb.'; // Bha e air a dhèanamh 'na ridire anns an dearbh bhliadhna. // 'He was knighted in the same year.' (RM); 3. See also: // ridireach //, // ridireil // 'chivalrous'; // ridireachd // (f) 'chivalry'; ||
 * //** ridireachd **// ||= F || - || // ridireachd // || chivalry || -achd || 1. Derived from: // ridireach // 'chivalrous'; ||
 * //**rìgh**// ||= M || //rìghrean// || //rìgh// || a king || person || 1. See also: //rìoghachd// (f) - a kingdom; //rìoghail// (royal); //rìoghaich// (to reign); //rìoghalachd// (f, royalty); 2. See also: //rìgh-chathair// (f, a throne); //rìgh-mhort// (m, an act of regicide); //rìgh-mhortair// (m, a perpetrator of regicide); //rìgh-shliochd// (m, a dynasty); //àrd-rìgh// (m, a high king, emperor); //mór-rìgh// (m, emperor); //ban-righ//, //bànrigh// (f, a queen); 3. See also: //impire// , //ìompaire// (m, an emperor); ||
 * //**rìoghachd**// ||= F || //rìoghachdan// || //rìoghachd// || a kingdom, nation, realm || -achd || 1. Derived from: //rìgh// (m) - a king; 2. See also: //rìoghail// (royal); //rìoghaich// (to reign); //rìoghalachd// (f, royalty); 3. See also: //impireachd//, //ìompaireachd// (f, an empire); 3. Not to be confused with: //riaghaltas// (m, a government); ||
 * **//rìoghalachd//** ||= F ||  || //rìoghalachd// || royalty, majesty || -achd || 1. Derived from: //rìoghail// (royal); 2. See also: //rìgh// (m, king); //rìoghachd// (f) - a kingdom; //rìoghaich// (to reign); ||
 * **//rionnag//** ||= F || // rionnagan // || // rionaige // || a star || heavenly-body -ag || 1. cf. // reul // (f, a star); 2. See also: // rionnagach // (starry); ||
 * //**ròineag**// ||= F || //ròineagan// || //ròineige// || a hair || -ag || 1. See also: //falt// (hair - mass noun); ||
 * //**roinn**// ||= F || //roinnean// || //roinne// || an area, province, region (geographical) ||  ||   ||
 * //** ròn **// ||= M || // ròin // || // ròin // || a seal || animal || 1. // Chunnaic mi an t-uabhas de ròin. // (I saw a great many seals - RM); ||
 * //** rosg **// ||= M || - || // ruisg // || prose ||  || 1. See also: // litreachas // (m, literature); // bàrdachd // (f, poetry); ||
 * //**rud**// ||= M || //rudan// || // ruid // || a thing ||  || 1. //rud sam bith// (anything); 2. //dèan rudan math air son + GEN// (to do good things for sth, to benefit sth); 3. // rud dìomhair // (m, a secret, literally a 'secret thing'); ||
 * //**rùm**// ||= M || //rumannan// ||  || a room ||   ||   ||
 * //**rùn**// ||= M || //rùintean// || //rùin// || a desire, wish, intention; will ||  || 1. //seall deagh rùn do ...// (to show good intentions towards ...); 2. //bi droch rùn aig ...// (to have evil intent); 3. // rùn-dìomhair //(m, a secret) - Why the hyphen?; 4. // Am biodh rùn phoileataigeach taobh a-staigh na comhairle airson an t-airgead a bharrachd a tha a dhìth a' lorg airson seo a dhèanamh? // (Would there be the political will within the council to find the extra money required to do this - BBC); 5. // mo rùn // (my love); // Biodh an deoch seo 'n làimh mo rùin // (This drink would be in my love's hand - traditional song title); 6. // mì-rùn //, // mìorun // (m) - ill will, malice, enmity; // mì-rùn mòr nan Gall // (the great ill-will of the Lowlanders); ||
 * //**rùnaire**// ||= M || //rùnairean// ||  || a secretary || person || 1. //Rùnaire an Dìon// - the Defence Secretary ||
 * **//rùnaireachd//** ||= F || //rùnaireachdan// ||  || a secretariat ||   ||   ||

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