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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish richt (“form, guise”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *ɸrixtus (cognate with Welsh rhith), from Proto-Indo-European *prep-. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic riochd.
Pronunciation
Noun
riocht m (genitive singular reachta, nominative plural riochtaí)
- form, shape, guise
- state, condition, plight
- capacity, capability
Declension
Synonyms
- (shape, form): cló
- (state): staid
- (condition):
Derived terms
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “richt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “riocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “riocht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “riocht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025