dualchas

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

dualchas m (genitive singular dualchais, plural dualchasan)

  1. culture
  2. tradition, heritage
  3. character
  4. patrimony, genetic inheritance, hereditary disposition
    Thèid dualchas an aghaidh nan creag.
    blood will out; hereditary disposition is so strong that nothing will stop it from revealing itself
    (literally, “hereditary disposition will go against the rocks”)

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