reachd

See also: reach'd

Irish

Noun

reachd m

  1. Obsolete spelling of reacht

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /rˠɛxk/

Etymology 1

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

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

  1. law, decree, right
  2. command, power, ordinance
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

reachd f (genitive singular reachd, plural reachdan)

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

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