reachtaireacht

Irish

Etymology

reachtaire (“controller, steward; rector; dairy-farmer renting land and stock”) +‎ -acht

Noun

reachtaireacht f (genitive singular reachtaireachta)

1. (historical) office of controller (of royal household); stewardship
2. (ecclesiastical) rectorate, rectory
3. (agriculture) agistment, dairy farming on rented land

Declension

Declension of reachtaireacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative reachtaireacht vocative a reachtaireacht genitive reachtaireachta dative reachtaireacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an reachtaireacht genitive na reachtaireachta dative leis an reachtaireacht don reachtaireacht

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “reachtaireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN