riochd

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish richt (“form, guise”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *ɸrixtus (cognate with Welsh rhith), from Proto-Indo-European *prep-. Cognate with Irish riocht.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rˠixk/
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): [rˠɯxk][2]

Noun

riochd m (genitive singular riochda, plural riochdan)

  1. likeness, form, appearance, shape
  2. state, condition
  3. guise, impersonation

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “richt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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