ríogacht

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish rígdacht, corresponding to ríoga (“regal, royal”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

ríogacht f (genitive singular ríogachta)

1. kingliness, regality
2. kingship

Etymology 2

From ríog (“fit, spasm; impulse”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

ríogacht f (genitive singular ríogachta)

1. impulsiveness

Declension

Declension of ríogacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative ríogacht Vocative a ríogacht Genitive ríogachta Dative ríogacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an ríogacht Genitive na ríogachta Dative leis an ríogacht don ríogacht

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ríogacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rígdacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language