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Irish
Etymology
From riachtain + -ach.
Adjective
riachtanach (genitive singular masculine riachtaigh, genitive singular feminine riachtanaí, plural riachtanacha, comparative riachtanaí)
- necessary, essential, needful, indispensable, requisite
Declension
Further reading
- “riachtanach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ríachtanach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “riaċtanaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 568
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “riachtanach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN