riets

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʀiə̯ts/

Etymology 1

From Old High German reht with the regular phonetic development. (Compare the noun Recht, which was influenced by standard German.) The final -s is originally an adverbial genitive ending. Compare German rechts, Dutch rechts.

Adjective

riets (masculine rietsen, neuter rietst, not comparable)

  1. right (not left)
    Hues du däi lénksen oder rietse Knéi wéi?
    Do you have pain in your left or your right knee?
Declension
declension of riets
number and gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative hien ass riets si ass riets et ass riets si si(nn) riets
without article nominative/accusative rietsen riets rietst riets
dative rietsem rietser rietsem rietsen
with article nominative/accusative rietsen riets rietst riets
dative rietsen rietser rietsen rietsen

Adverb

riets

  1. to the right
  2. on the right

Etymology 2

Verb

riets

  1. second-person singular present indicative of rieden
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