dúchas

See also: duchas and duchás

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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From Middle IrishCategory:Irish terms derived from Middle Irish#DUCHAS dúthchas (compare Scottish Gaelic dùthchas, Manx dooghys)[1], from Old IrishCategory:Irish terms derived from Old Irish#DUCHAS dú.

Pronunciation

Noun

dúchas m (genitive singular dúchais)Category:Irish lemmas#DUCHASCategory:Irish nouns#DUCHASCategory:Irish entries with incorrect language header#DUCHASCategory:Irish masculine nouns#DUCHASCategory:Pages with entries#DÚCHASCategory:Pages with 1 entry#DÚCHAS

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

Declension

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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