dúchas
See also: duchas and duchás
Irish
FWOTD – 20 December 2015
Alternative forms
- dúthchas (superseded)
Etymology
From Old Irish dúthchas (compare Scottish Gaelic dùthchas, Manx dooghys).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠuːxəsˠ/
Noun
dúchas m (genitive singular dúchais)
- hereditary right or claim; birthright, heritage; ancestral estate, patrimony
- native place or country, ancestral home; traditional connection
- kindred affection, natural affinity
- heredity, innate quality, natural bent
- natural, wild, state; wildness, madness
Declension
Declension of dúchas
First declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Synonyms
- (heredity): oidhreacht, sinsearacht
- (nature): nádúr
Derived terms
- dúchasach m (“hereditary proprietor; hereditary head (of community); hereditary follower; native, inhabitant”)
- dúchasach (“hereditary, ancestral; inherited, inherent; innate, instinctive; native, indigenous; inheritable”, adjective)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
dúchas | dhúchas | ndúchas |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- "dúchas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “dúṫċas” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- “dúthchas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.