路ち

noun

way; road

Archaic noun for a road or path. In modern Japanese, 道 (みち) is the standard word.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、「路ち」を「ち」と読よんで道みちを表あらわすことがある。

  In old texts, 路 is sometimes read as ち and means a road.

noun, used as a suffix

way to ...; road to ...

Archaic suffix attached to place names, often written with the historical kana ぢ. Found in old geographical names.

See also: 路 (じ)

• 「山やま田だ路じ」のように、地ち名めいの後うしろに付つけて「〜への道みち」を表あらわした。

  As in 山田路, it was attached after a place name to mean 'the road to ...'.