dùthchas

See also: dúthchas

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Related to dùth and dùthaich.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt̪uːxəs̪/

Noun

dùthchas m (genitive singular dùthchais, plural dùthchasan)

  1. place of birth
  2. heredity (relating to country, territory, native customs)

Derived terms

  • dùthchasach (“native, endemic, traditional”)
  • dùthchasachd f (“hereditary right”)
  • dùthaich f (“country, land, countryside”)

Mutation

Mutation of dùthchas
radical lenition
dùthchas dhùthchas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “dùthchas”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
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