ro-, roi-, ra-, rai

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-bhrisg 8 29; -dháil 89 2; -dhaoineach 65 3; -dheaghail 55 9; -dheoin 15 15; -dhoirr 60 39; -dhorrdha 45 10; -ghoirt 80 33; -ghrib 51 11; -labhra 72 12; -leagaim 4 2; -luaghail 51 7; -mhillim 56 14; -mhoch 11 20; -náir 11 11; -shloinnim 65 21; -theach 70 21; -thuradh 20 26.

Aithdioghluim Dána: A Miscellany of Irish Bardic Poetry, Historical and Religious, including the Historical Poems of the Duanaire in the Yellow Book of Lecan. Vol II, Translations, Notes, Vocabulary. Editor: Lambert McKenna S.J.

ro-, ró- prefix too, very; rói-dheimhin 1289, ra-ghlan 328, roi-righin 1056, rói-righin 988. As noun [N. 108] great deal 1069, 2656.

Duanaire Mhéig Uidhir: The poembook of Cú Chonnacht Mág Uidhir, Lord of Fermanagh 1566-1589. Editor: David Greene. Translator: David Greene.

intensive prefix. dá raghoid, plundering him greatly, 847.

Poems on the O'Reillys. Editor: James Carney.

very, too, 771, 788, 1284, 1285, 1287, 1376, 1755, 4556, ró-, 771, 889, 1285, 1292, 1415, 6134.

Scáthán Shacramuinte na hAithridhe. Author: Aodh Mac Aingil. Editor: Cainneach Ó Maonaigh O.F.M.

  1. prefix of pret. and pf., ro sgríobh, 263, 959, 1117, 4283, 4384; ró sgríobh, 4084; go ro bheansad, 2582; rarely used, save in agglutination with particles, as gur, níor, ar, lér, ór, etc., its place being supplied by 2. do
  1. roi-, prefixed to nouns (subst. or adj.), intensifies the meaning; ‘much,’ ‘very’ (= ‘too,’ 3515, 6993); before subst.; ro-bháidh, 2922; -dhíomas, 6667; -thuitim, 6693; -usacht, 3417; before adj.; -aibéil, 5475; -álainn, 912; -bhocht, 6116; -chródha, 5563; -chumhachtach, 2806; -chúramach, 5638; -dhéidheanach, 6859; -dhíleas, 3515; -ghéar, 2262, 6182; -ghearr, 3817; -ionmhain, 8616; -leathan, 9635; -mhear, 2079; -mhór, 2704; -naomhtha, 3516; -olc, 986; -thoirtheamhail, 6993; -throm, 3646, 6128; -uaibhreach, 3461; -uasal, 4770; -urchóideach, 7388; before compar.: an tí is ro-airde, ‘Altissimi,’ 4798; ro-lugha, 6450; -mhó, 10962; -sheirbhe, 6395

Trí Bior-Ghaoithe an Bháis: The Three Shafts of Death. Author: Geoffrey Keating. Editor: Osborn Bergin.