riachtanas

Irish

Alternative forms
  • riachdanas, riachdanus, riachtanus, riochtanas, riochtanus (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish ríachtanus.[2] By surface analysis, riachtain +‎ -as.

Pronunciation
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɾˠeːxt̪ˠənˠəsˠ/, (older) /ˈɾˠɤːxt̪ˠənˠəsˠ/; /ˈɾˠiːxt̪ˠənˠəsˠ/, (older) /ˈɾˠɯːxt̪ˠənˠəsˠ/[3]

Noun

riachtanas m (genitive singular riachtanais, nominative plural riachtanais)

  1. need (something required), necessity (something necessary)
    Synonyms: feidhm, gá, gátar
  2. want (something needed or desired)

Declension
Declension of riachtanas

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative riachtanas riachtanais
Vocative a riachtanais a riachtanasa
Genitive riachtanais riachtanas
Dative riachtanas riachtanais

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an riachtanas na riachtanais
Genitive an riachtanais na riachtanas
Dative leis an riachtanas

don riachtanas

 leis na riachtanais

References
  1. “riachtanas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ríachtanas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 31

Further reading
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