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rucht

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Searchable Lemmata: rucht (Ir).
Alternate Forms: ruchta.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Garment; some kind of garment, possibly a tunic.(ante 900 - 1200 ?)
1. ro ir dom .x. ruchta dergaGlossed 'inair nó tribhsa' ('tunics or trews'). From the Amra Chon Roí. [eDIL Ériu (ii 5.4) ante 1200]
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Ceremonial: No
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    Etymological Evidence:

Speculative, A native Irish word < *ruk-tu (cf. Welsh rhuwch), from a root cognate with that seen in English rokke (q.v.) and French rocket (see rocket 1) 'outer garment'. Far less likely to be a specialised sense of the homonymous rucht 'pig' or rucht 'commotion, sudden movement'.
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