reic
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From a conflation of two verb stems: Middle Irish rec(c)aid (“sells, barters, exchanges”), from Old Irish rec(c), reic(c) (“selling, bartering”), verbal noun of renaid (“sells, barters, exchanges”), and Middle Irish rec(c)aid (“recites, utters, declares, asserts”) from Old English reċċan (“stretch out; narrate”). The common thread is that peddlers and shopkeepers used to advertise their wares for sale by crying out loudly in public.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
reic (present analytic reiceann, future analytic reicfidh, verbal noun reic, past participle reicthe)
Conjugation edit
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Derived terms edit
- reacaire (“seller; reciter; ranter”)
Noun edit
reic m (genitive singular reaca, nominative plural reiceanna)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “reic”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 564
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “reicim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 564
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “reic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “reic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “rec(c)aid 1”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “rec(c)aid 2”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish rec(c)aid (“sells, barters, exchanges”), from Old Irish rec(c), reic(c) (“selling, bartering”), verbal noun of renaid (“sells, barters, exchanges”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
reic (past reic, future reicidh, verbal noun reic, past participle reicte)
Derived terms edit
- ath-reic (“resale”)
- fèill-reic (“sales fair, bake sale”)
- mion-reic (“retail”)
- neach-reic (“salesperson”)
- reiceadair (“salesperson, vendor”)
- sanas-reic (“advertisement”)
Noun edit
reic m
- verbal noun of reic