réI.
(re)
, prep. [Old Ir. fri, in pron. combinations, riom, riot, ris and ria, rinn, ribh, riú; becomes ris before the article and before gach and nach; these pron. combinations are said to be used in Ulster, and are often found in modern MSS., especially in poetry, though not used except in quoting poetry; in the modern language ré is confounded with le, and in modern MSS. they are often written indiscriminately], with, towards. (1) With, as mar aon ré, along with; maille ré, along with; it is used after verbs of saying, touching, uniting, fighting, complaining, etc.: táidhte ré, united with; iad do cheangal re chéile, to bind them together; cuir srian réd theangain, restrain your tongue. (2) Towards, after verbs like druidim, 7c., in such phrases as ré haghaidh, against, "with a view to"; ré hucht an bhaoghail, against or in the face of danger; ré cois, near; ré bruinnibh an bháis, at the point of death; by, by means of, used like le; tá mo lámh ris = tá mo lámh leis, my hand is uncovered (M.). See <<le>>.
II.
n- (ria) prep., before. See <<roimh>>.
III.
, g. id., pl. réithe, f., a life-time, a period, time, space of time, duration, length; an dtiocfaidh lem ré, will he come daring my life-time? roimh ré (pron. roim ré, Ker.), before the time, beforehand; le ré fada, during a long time; gach aon ré soluis, late and early; also rae.
IV.
, g. id., f., the moon; tá an ré 'n-a suidhe, the moon is up; ré nuadh or ré tadhaill, the new moon; ré Samhna, November moon.