reachd
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See also: reach'd
Irish[edit]
Noun[edit]
reachd m
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)
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
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)
References[edit]
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “reachd”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
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