reachtach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish rechtach.[1] By surface analysis, reacht + -ach.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]reachtach (genitive singular masculine reachtaigh, genitive singular feminine reachtaí, plural reachtacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | reachtach | reachtach | reachtacha | |
| vocative | reachtaigh | reachtacha | ||
| genitive | reachtaí | reachtacha | reachtach | |
| dative | reachtach | reachtach; reachtaigh (archaic) |
reachtacha | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 rechtach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
[edit]- “reachtach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “reaċtaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 562
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “reachtach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN