rochtain

rochtain

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish rochtain (“reaching, arriving at; attaining, acquiring”), verbal noun of roichid (“reaches”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠɔxt̪ˠənʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠʌxt̪ˠənʲ/

Noun

rochtain f (genitive singular rochtana)

1. (act of) reaching, attaining

Declension

Declension of rochtain

Third declension

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

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an rochtain Genitive na rochtana Dative leis an rochtain don rochtain

Derived terms

• bóthar rochtana
• inrochtaineacht

See also

• righ