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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish ríachtanus.[2] By surface analysis, riachtain + -as.
Pronunciation
Noun
riachtanas m (genitive singular riachtanais, nominative plural riachtanais)
- need (something required), necessity (something necessary)
- Synonyms: feidhm, gá, gátar
- want (something needed or desired)
Declension
References
- ^ “riachtanas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ríachtanas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 205, page 103
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 73, page 31
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