ríched

Old Irish

Etymology

From a preform *rigyosedom, a compound of *rīgyom (“kingdom”) +‎ *sedom (“seat”).

Noun

ríched n

1. (Christianity) Heaven

   Synonym: nem

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ríchedN	—	—
Vocative	ríchedN	—	—
Accusative	ríchedN	—	—
Genitive	ríchidL	—	—
Dative	ríchiudL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
ríched also rríched after a proclitic ending in a vowel	ríched pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ríched”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language