reachd

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Irish[edit]

Noun[edit]

reachd m

  1. Obsolete spelling of reacht

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Irish recht (compare Irish reacht), from Proto-Celtic *rextus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-tus. Cognate with Welsh rhaith (“a right, entitlement”) and Breton reizh (“law, right”), and indirectly German Recht (“law”) (from Proto-Germanic *rehtą (“a right, privilege”)).

Noun[edit]

reachd m or f (genitive singular reachd, plural reachdan)

  1. law, decree, right
  2. command, power, ordinance
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Etymology 2[edit]

Possibly related to Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną (“to care for, worry about”). If so, ultimately cognate to Etymology 1 above.[1]

Noun[edit]

reachd f (genitive singular reachd, plural reachdan)

  1. vexation, emotion (strong one)
  2. hysterics
  3. orgasm

References[edit]

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “reachd”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
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