reachtaireacht

reachtaireacht

Irish

Etymology

reachtaire (“controller, steward; rector; dairy-farmer renting land and stock”) +‎ -acht

Noun

reachtaireacht f (genitive singular reachtaireachta)

1. (historical) office of controller (of royal household); stewardship
2. (ecclesiastical) rectorate, rectory
3. (agriculture) agistment, dairy farming on rented land

Declension

Declension of reachtaireacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative reachtaireacht Vocative a reachtaireacht Genitive reachtaireachta Dative reachtaireacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an reachtaireacht Genitive na reachtaireachta Dative leis an reachtaireacht don reachtaireacht

References

• "reachtaireacht" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.