reic

From a conflation of two verb stems: Middle Irish rec(c)aid (“to sell, barter”), from Old Irish rec(c), reic(c) (“selling, bartering”), verbal noun of renaid (“to sell”), and Middle Irish rec(c)aid (“to recite, utter”) from Old English reċċan (“stretch out; narrate”). The common thread is that peddlers and shopkeepers used to advertise their wares for sale by crying out loudly in public.

• IPA^(key): /ɾˠɛc/

reic (present analytic reiceann, future analytic reicfidh, verbal noun reic, past participle reicthe)

1. to sell, recommend for sale, barter
2. to recount, narrate
3. to spend lavishly, waste, squander

• reacaire (“seller; reciter; ranter”)

reic m (genitive singular reaca, nominative plural reiceanna)

1. verbal noun of reic
2. sale, auction
3. narration
4. waste, lavish spending

• reacach

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “reic”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 564
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “reicim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 564
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “reic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

From Middle Irish rec(c)aid (“sells, barters, exchanges”), from Old Irish rec(c), reic(c) (“selling, bartering”), verbal noun of renaid (“sells, barters, exchanges”).

• IPA^(key): /rˠeçkʲ/

reic (past reic, future reicidh, verbal noun reic, past participle reicte)

1. sell

reic m

1. verbal noun of reic