dúchas

See also: duchas and duchás

Irish

FWOTD – 20 December 2015

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish dúthchas (compare Scottish Gaelic dùthchas, Manx dooghys).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

dúchas m (genitive singular dúchais)

  1. hereditary right, heritage
  2. natural affinity
  3. instinct

Declension

Declension of dúchas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative dúchas
vocative a dhúchais
genitive dúchais
dative dúchas
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an dúchas
genitive an dúchais
dative leis an dúchas
don dúchas

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of dúchas
radical lenition eclipsis
dúchas dhúchas ndúchas

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dúthchas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 62, page 32
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 73
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 331, page 115

Further reading

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