# rét
## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈreːt]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -eːt

### Etymology 1

First attested in 1210. Of unknown origin.

#### Noun

rét (plural rétek)
* meadow, grassland
    Synonyms: kaszáló, mező, legelő
* flatland
    Synonyms: sík terület, síkság
* [1560] marsh
    Synonym: mocsaras, vizes terület, zsombékos

##### Derived terms

* réti
* a szomszéd rétje mindig zöldebb

### Etymology 2

First attested in 1528. A doublet of rét (“plain, flatland”).

#### Noun

rét (plural rétek)
* layer, ply, stratum
    Synonyms: réteg, sor, rend
* [1566] pleat, fold
    Synonyms: redő, ránc
* [1792] sheet of folded material (as the last suffix-like component of a compound word)
    Kétrét hajtottam a papírt. ― I folded the paper in half.

##### Derived terms

* réteg
* rétes
* rétű

### References

* 1 2 rét in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
* ↑ rét in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

### Further reading

* (meadow): rét in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* (fold): rét in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

### Anagrams

* ért, tér, tré

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [r͈ʲeːd]

### Etymology 1

Without other cognates in Celtic, but theoretically from Proto-Celtic *rentus, perhaps related to Sanskrit रत्न (rátna, “possession; precious object, treasure, riches, goods”) via a common Proto-Indo-European *(H)ren-t-.

#### Noun

rét m
* thing
** c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 20$^c$11
    i cach réit ro·hí a lessin everything that he may need
** c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 22$^b$23
    Ci as·bera nech ro·pïa nem cía du·gneid na rétu sa, nípa fír.Even if anyone says you pl will have heaven although you do these things, it will not be true.
** c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 68$^b$9
    cia beith ar n‑acathar nech inna rétu inducbaidi in betha so, arnach·corathar i mmoth ⁊ machthad dia seirc ⁊ dia n‑accuburthough it be that someone sees the glorious things of this world, that he may not be put in stupor and admiration by love for them and by desire for them

##### Inflection

Masculine u-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | rét | rét$^L$ | rétae, réte |
| Vocative | rét | rét$^L$ | rétu |
| Accusative | rét$^N$ | rét$^L$ | rétu |
| Genitive | réto$^H$, réta$^H$ | réto, réta | rétae$^N$, réte$^N$ |
| Dative | rét$^L$ | rétaib | rétaib |
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: $^H$ = triggers aspiration $^L$ = triggers lenition $^N$ = triggers nasalization ||||

##### Alternative forms

* réit (Würzburg glosses)

##### Derived terms

* rétglu

##### Descendants

* Irish: réad, rud
* Manx: red
* Scottish Gaelic: rud

#### References

* ↑ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “rud”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, page 296
* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*rentu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 309

#### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

·rét
* third-person singular present indicative conjunct of réidid

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Vietnamese
### Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 冽 (SV: liệt).

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [zɛt̚˧˦]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʐɛt̚˦˧˥]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ɹɛk̚˦˥]

### Adjective

rét • (𠗹)
* very cold

### Noun

(classifier cơn, đợt) rét • (𠗹)
* cold

#### Derived terms

* giá rét
* không rét mà run
* rét buốt
* rét cóng
* rét đài
* rét đậm
* rét hại
* rét lộc
* rét mướt
* rét nàng Bân
* rét ngọt
* sốt rét