rith le, v.i. 1. Run against; vie with. Ag ~ le chéile (ag iarraidh rud a dhéanamh), vying with one another (in effort to do sth.). 2. Be hereditary in. Tá an tréith sin ag ~ leo, that trait runs in them. 3. Be favourable to; succeed. Fear ar ~ an saol leis, a man who got on well in life. ~ an t-ádh liom, I had a run of luck, was very lucky. Má ~eann leat, if you succeed; if you get away with it. 4. (Of speech) Ná bí ag ~ leat féin mar sin, don’t let yourself get carried away like that. S.a. rith21(n).