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rith

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK, US: /ɹaɪθ/
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  • rhymes with -aɪθ

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noun

Meaning 1

A small stream or channel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

  • They waded further up the rith.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

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).