n u, m. d s. riucht, Tur. 85 ( Thes. i 490.32 ). richt m. (g s. n p reachta), IGT Dec. § 71.5 .

(a) form, shape, guise , in wider sense than delb of whole appearance; gen. in phrase: i rri(u)cht in the guise (of), disdisguised as: oc tabairt bendachtae foir hi rriucht Éssu, Tur. 85 (of Jacob disguised as Esau). do luid Lucifer . . . i rricht aingil gil co hEua, SR 1671 . i rricht eoin ticed Victor aingel co Patraic (= sub specie avis), Lat. Lives 20.8 . tanic in Mórrígu i rricht sentainne, TBC-LL¹ 2411 = i ndeilb, TBC-I¹ 1748 . luid an Coimdhe i rriocht aingil go Ruadhan, BNnÉ 319 § 14 . i riocht fhir an bhruit lachtna disguised as a man with a grey cloak , Keat. ii 3453 . ar a mēt no delbad i n-ilrechtaib for the number of different forms he used to assume , FB 75 . tecait anmand firén i rrechtaib én nglégel, FA 33 . slog mor do ainglib i rrechtu ēn ngel, LB 28b49 . tegait [na longa] i rachtaib ingen macdacht fon fairgi, Aen. 2035 . do cuir sin dath dubh orra ┐ docuadar isna rechtaibh sin a cenn diuice na L., ZCP vi 74.2 . no imbritis a mbrechta druadh forna duilib domunda conā leicctis a richta fein forra, CCath. 3917 . gan ríoghuin 'n-a riocht `disguising her queenly appearance', PBocht p. 22 § 36 .

i richt with gen. in the guise of = instead of , passing somet. into sense in mistake for: diamad Chú no bet[h] it'richt, SCC 34 ( LU 3752 ). eirg amach im'richt-sa, ACL iii 309.11 . ól rota i rricht ind lomma in mistake for milk , LL 11a40 . cor marbadur a muinter fein a richt Chlainde Morna, Acall. 7882 . measaim gurab i riocht an fhocail so `Ronanus' do scríobh Cambrens `Roanus', Keat. i 154.6 . atáid triar re a luadh ann so i riocht aon duine three persons are confounded here as being one , 152.98 .

(b) condition, plight : ? iss i richt mná siúil | sedda Ulaid uli, FB 24 ( LU 8357 ), cf. is i rrechtaib bó ┐ dam . . . settai mná Ulad, ib. ( LU 8367 ). da cinel déc . . . do tiprataib . . . co rechtaib examla orra, RC xxiv 374.5 . Toirrdelbhach . . . d'fhágbail a richt duine mairbh T. was left for dead , AU iii 458.18 , cf. agus hé fós a riochd mhairbh as good as dead , Hebrews xi 12 . `Créad an riocht 'na bhfuile?' `Atáim agam' chéasadh', TSh. 5040 . gur truagh na reachta sin dár chuireadar a oireachta féin rígh Fhearmanach pitiable was the plight in which his own vassals had put the king of F. , Maguires of F. § 25 . State, kind, quality : imfresan fiadhnaise for cach richt duine is isli inas every condition (rank) of person , Laws i 84.2 Comm. a breith a richt cruidh in duine sin . . . a mbreith a richt a cruidh fein (= on the understanding that they are the other man's cattle . . . his own), iv 228.17 Comm. cis rechta na gaibter a fiadhnaisi forgell what kinds of person are not accepted as evidence? Eg. 88 f. 51b ( O'Curry 2600 ). Cf. also: slan don fir etrana . . . an guin ime i richt a n-airm ┐ a n-etaigh (i.e. if he injure those around him in the matter of their arms or clothing), Laws iii 286.11 . i riocht peacaidh `in way of sin', PBocht 48 § 10 . it ōig-rec[h]ta na haisdi seo new kinds of poetry , IT iii 28.25 . go raibh Críost i dtrí reachtaibh ar an saoghal so . . . go saoghalta somharbhtha . . . go domharbhtha . . . go diamhar dofhaicsiona i sacraimint, Eochairsg. 73.6 .

as a richt

(1) out of one's proper form (condition, state): teit as a richt ar béluib sluagh (i.e. distorts himself in public, of a mountebank), Laws iv 354.5 Comm. ragaid cech oen ass a richt la uaill ┐ dimmus will leave his natural state (station ), RC xxvi 36 § 187 . airchinnech glan . . . fodlad dia manchaib co cert, | ní rucca as a richt let him not take them from their proper stations , Ériu iii 106 § 41a (Rule of Ailbe). téit cech duine ass a richt nā tabair tóeb fri hanmcharaid, i 218 § 2 . as edh rom ucc as mo riocht (i.e. that has made me a `geilt'), BS 38 y . mo chuimhne dochóidh a riucht, Irish Texts ii 78 § 1

(2) in late lit. as petrified phrase of set purpose, deliberately : goid do chennach asa riocht, Ó Héodhusa 175.15 . cor a n-aghaidh na fírinne asa riocht, 233.21 (a sin against the Holy Spirit). is le mailís ┐ le míorún as a riocht sheunaid . . . they deny with deliberate evil intent , Eochairsg. 88.20 .

i rricht co in such a way that, so that , of consequence: ceithre chuid . . . d'Éirinn . . . éinfhear dhíobh fa rí Mumhan | i rriocht gurab í an ceathrumhadh so that Munster is only a fourth part , Content. vi 48 . is amhlaidh do rinneadh somharbhtha é i rriocht nach féadfadh an bás d'fhagháil (sic . . . ut non mori posset), TSh. 3399 .

(c) in Bérla na f. person, individual : cia in richt rongiul a slechta (.i. cia in fer do lenfa a lorg), ZCP v 489 § 11 . Cf. ceall o n-eitcither cach richt `a church by which every form (i.e. condition) of person is refused', Laws v 118.2 , glossed .i. . . . cach richt duine, 120.13 , and see 4 recht.