rochtain

Irish

Alternative forms

• riachtain

Etymology

From Middle Irish rochtain (“reaching, arriving at; attaining, acquiring”), verbal noun of roichid (“reaches”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠɔxt̪ˠənʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠʌxt̪ˠənʲ/

Noun

rochtain f (genitive singular rochtana)

1. verbal noun of righ

Declension

Declension of rochtain (third declension, no plural)

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

Derived terms

• bóthar rochtana
• inrochtaineacht