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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish richt (“form, guise”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *ɸrixtus (cognate with Welsh rhith), from Proto-Indo-European *prep-. Cognate with Irish riocht.
Pronunciation
Noun
riochd m (genitive singular riochda, plural riochdan)
- likeness, form, appearance, shape
- state, condition
- guise, impersonation
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “richt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap