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good fortune. rath ríogh, kingly fortune, 133; gnáth rath a ndiaidh dhaonnachta, good fortune follows generosity, 458 [Proverbial: cf. an rath i mbun na caithmhe, Dánfhocail, 5Rath fá chroidhe, BP 1135]; sgath gach aonratha, the bloom of all good fortune, 1288; fá rath, prosperous 1774; clódh a ratha, the reversing of his fortune, 2131. Cf. neamhrath.

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