{"id":6301,"date":"2021-12-10T13:35:13","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T13:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=6301"},"modified":"2024-08-18T17:32:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T16:32:30","slug":"grace-and-favour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2021\/12\/10\/grace-and-favour\/","title":{"rendered":"Grace and Favour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Words for grace<\/strong>, virtue<\/strong> and related words in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n

\"Words<\/p>\n

Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n*\u0278ratom<\/strong> = grace, virtue, good fortune<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\nrath<\/strong> = gift, goods, grace, luck, property, prosperity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\nrath(a)<\/strong> = grace, virtue, gift, good luck, fortune, prosperity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\nrath<\/strong> [\u027e\u02e0\u0251h\/\u027e\u02e0a\/\u027e\u02e0ah] = bestowal, grant, grace, favour, gift, bounty; prosperity; abundance; usefulness, good
\nrathaigh<\/strong> = to prosper, succeed, thrive, make successful
\nrath\u00fail<\/strong> = prosperous, successful, thriving; fortunate, lucky
\nrath\u00falacht<\/strong> = prosperousness, successfulness
\nrath\u00fanas<\/strong> = prosperity, plenty, abundance
\nrath\u00fanasach<\/strong> = prosperous, abundant
\nanrath<\/strong> = ill-luck
\nanrathach<\/strong> = unlucky<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\nrath<\/strong> [r\u032a\u02e0a] = good fortune\/luck, prosperity, success
\nrathadach<\/strong> = fortunate, auspicious, prosperous
\nrathmhor<\/strong> = fortunate, auspicious, prosperous
\nrathach<\/strong> = fortunate, auspicious, prosperous
\ndroch-rath<\/strong> = back luck\/fortune<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\nraah, rah<\/strong> = good luck, prosperity, well-doing
\nraah mie<\/strong> = prosperity
\nard-raah<\/strong> = zenith of prosperity
\ngyn raah<\/strong> = unsuccessful
\ncur rah er<\/strong> = to prosper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Welsh<\/th>\nrat<\/strong> = grace, blessing, favour,<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\nrat, rad<\/strong> = grace, blessing, favour,<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\nrhad<\/strong> [r\u0325a\u02d0d] = grace, blessing, favour, generosity, bounty, goodness, graciousness, talent, gift; cheap, free, unpaid, valueless, poor, inferior, gracious, giving, generous
\nrhad ac am ddim<\/strong> = free (of charge), without cost, unpaid
\nrhad Duw<\/strong> = the grace of God, God\u2019s blessing
\nrhad fel baw \/ rhad mochyn<\/strong> = dirt cheap
\nyn rhad<\/strong> = as a gift, free (of charge), unpaid, cheaply, freely, unrestrained
\nrhadaf, rhadu<\/strong> = to bestow grace upon, bless, give generously, to make cheap
\nrhadineb<\/strong> = grace, graciousness
\nrhadwr<\/strong> = generous man<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\nras, r\u00e2s, <\/strong> = grace, thanks, worth, value, excellence
\nm\u00ear r\u00e2s<\/strong> = thank you, much thanks
\nrasow<\/strong> = graces, excellencies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\nras<\/strong> = virtue
\nmeur ras<\/strong> = thank you
\nrasek<\/strong> = graceful
\ndiras<\/strong> = graceless<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Breton<\/th>\nrad<\/strong> = thought, reflection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\nrat<\/strong> = thought, reflection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Etymology<\/strong>: from the Proto-Celtic *\u0278ar-\/*\u0278arnati<\/em> (to bestow), from the Proto-Indo-European *perh\u2083-<\/em> (bestow, give) [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n

Words from the same PIE roots include pare<\/strong> (to remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device) in English, par\u00e0re<\/strong> (to adorn, protect, shield) in Italian, parar<\/strong> (to stop, put up, lift, raise) in Spanish, and parod<\/strong> (ready, prepared) in Welsh [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n

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Sources: Wiktionary<\/a>, Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, Online Manx Dictionary<\/a>, Teanglann.ie<\/a>, eDIL – Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language<\/a>, In D\u00fail B\u00e9lrai English – Old Irish glossary<\/a>, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru<\/a>, Gerlyver Kernewek<\/a>, Dictionaire Favereau<\/a>, TermOfis<\/a>, English – ProtoCeltic WordList<\/a> (PDF), Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Words for grace, virtue and related words in Celtic languages. Words marked with a * are reconstructions. Proto-Celtic *\u0278ratom = grace, virtue, good fortune Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) rath = gift, goods, grace, luck, property, prosperity Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) rath(a) = grace, virtue, gift, good luck, fortune, prosperity Irish (Gaeilge) rath [\u027e\u02e0\u0251h\/\u027e\u02e0a\/\u027e\u02e0ah] = bestowal, grant, grace, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,26,19,20,21,83,3,22,6,37,7,27,8,10,12,13,23,82,43,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjectives","category-kernewek-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-gaeilge-irish","category-italian-italiano","category-language","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-cornish","category-middle-irish","category-middle-welsh-kymraec","category-nouns","category-old-breton","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-spanish-espanol","category-verbs","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6301"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8381,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6301\/revisions\/8381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}