ridire

See also: Ridire

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ritire (“rider, knight”), from Old English ridere (“horseman”); see Scottish Gaelic ridire.

Noun

ridire m (genitive singular ridire, nominative plural ridirí)

1. (nobility, chess) knight
2. man of property

Declension

Declension of ridire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ridire ridirí vocative a ridire a ridirí genitive ridire ridirí dative ridire ridirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ridire na ridirí genitive an ridire na ridirí dative leis an ridire don ridire leis na ridirí

Derived terms

• ridireacht (“knighthood; chivalry”)
• ridiriúil (“knightly, chivalrous”)

Italian

Etymology

From ri- +‎ dire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riˈdi.re/
• Rhymes: -ire
• Hyphenation: ri‧dì‧re

Verb

ridìre (first-person singular present ridìco, first-person singular past historic ridìssi, past participle ridétto, first-person singular imperfect ridicévo, second-person singular imperative ridì' or (with syntactic gemination after the verb) ridì, auxiliary avére)

1. (transitive) to repeat, to say again
2. (transitive) to retell, to relate
3. (transitive) to gossip
4. (transitive) to recount, to narrate
5. (transitive) to recite
6. (transitive) to reply
7. (transitive) to criticize, to object
8. (intransitive) to complain, to find fault [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ridìre (-ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	ridìre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		ridicèndo
present participle		ridicènte	past participle		ridétto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	ridìco	ridìci	ridìce	ridiciàmo	ridìte	ridìcono
imperfect	ridicévo	ridicévi	ridicéva	ridicevàmo	ridicevàte	ridicévano
past historic	ridìssi	ridicésti	ridìsse	ridicémmo	ridicéste	ridìssero
future	ridirò	ridirài	ridirà	ridirémo	ridiréte	ridirànno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	ridirèi	ridirésti	ridirèbbe, ridirébbe	ridirémmo	ridiréste	ridirèbbero, ridirébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	ridìca	ridìca	ridìca	ridiciàmo	ridiciàte	ridìcano
imperfect	ridicéssi	ridicéssi	ridicésse	ridicéssimo	ridicéste	ridicéssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		ridì', ridì1	ridìca	ridiciàmo	ridìte	ridìcano
negative imperative		non ridìre	non ridìca	non ridiciàmo	non ridìte	non ridìcano

¹With syntactic gemination after the verb.

See also

• ridare
• ridere

Anagrams

• irride

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ritire (“rider, knight”) (compare Welsh rheidyr), from Old English ridere (“horseman”), ridda, riddan (“knight”) (compare German Ritter (“knight”), Old Norse riddari (“rider, knight”)); related to English ride (see réidh).

Noun

ridire m (genitive singular ridire, plural ridirean)

1. (nobility, chess) knight, cavalier

Derived terms

• ridireach (“knightly, chivalrous”)
• ridireachd (“knighthood, chivalry”)