See also: reach'd

Irish

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Noun

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reachd m

  1. Obsolete spelling of reacht.

Scottish Gaelic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish recht (compare Irish reacht), from Proto-Celtic *rextus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-tus. Cognate with Welsh rhaith (a right, entitlement) and Breton reizh (law, right), and indirectly German Recht (law) (from Proto-Germanic *rehtą (a right, privilege)).

Noun

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reachd m or f (genitive singular reachd, plural reachdan)

  1. law, decree, right
  2. command, power, ordinance
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Etymology 2

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Possibly related to Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną (to care for, worry about). If so, ultimately cognate to Etymology 1 above.[1]

Noun

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reachd f (genitive singular reachd, plural reachdan)

  1. vexation, emotion (strong one)
  2. hysterics
  3. orgasm

References

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  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “reachd”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN