reacht

English

Etymology

reach +‎ -t

Verb

reacht

1. (archaic) simple past and past participle of reach

Anagrams

• Cather, E chart, Thrace, archet, careth, charet, raceth, rachet, trache

Irish

Alternative forms

• reachd (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish recht, from Proto-Celtic *rextus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-tus. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic reachd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾˠaxt̪ˠ/

Noun

reacht m (genitive singular reachta, nominative plural reachtanna)

1. law, statute, ordinance
2. authority, accepted rule
3. dispensation (system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered)

Declension

Declension of reacht

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative reacht reachtanna Vocative a reacht a reachtanna Genitive reachta reachtanna Dative reacht reachtanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an reacht na reachtanna Genitive an reachta na reachtanna Dative leis an reacht don reacht leis na reachtanna

Derived terms

• bunreacht (“constitution”)
• reacht na dtréimhsí (“statute of limitations”)
• reachtach
• reachtaigh
• reachtóir
• reachtúil
• riail agus reacht (“law and order”)
• seanreacht (“old order”)

 

Further reading

• “reacht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 recht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language