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Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish rígdacht, corresponding to ríoga (“regal, royal”) + -acht.
Noun
ríogacht f (genitive singular ríogachta)
- kingliness, regality
- kingship
Etymology 2
From ríog (“fit, spasm; impulse”) + -acht.
Noun
ríogacht f (genitive singular ríogachta)
- impulsiveness
Declension
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ríogacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rígdacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language