riocht

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Irish

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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riocht m (genitive singular reachta, nominative plural riochtaí)

  1. form, shape, guise
  2. state, condition, plight
  3. capacity, capability

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “richt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39

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