Irish
Etymology
From the root of Old Irish reithid (“tups (of rams)”).
Noun
reithíocht f (genitive singular reithíochta)
- (act of) rutting
- heat (in sheep, goat)
- Synonyms: reith, reitheadh, imreas
Declension
Declension of reithíocht (third declension, no plural)
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “reithíocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “reithid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language