oidhreacht
Irish
Alternative forms
- oighreacht
- oidhríocht, oighríocht
- oidhridheacht, oighridheacht (superseded)
Etymology
From Middle Irish eigrecht (compare Scottish Gaelic oighreachd, Manx eiraght), from eigre (“heir, inheritor, successor, descendant”). Synchronically analyzable as oidhre + -acht.
Pronunciation
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈəiɾʲiəxt̪ˠ/[1] (corresponding to the variant oidhríocht)
Noun
oidhreacht f (genitive singular oidhreachta, nominative plural oidhreachtaí)
- heritage
- heredity
- Synonym: dúchas
- inheritance
Declension
Declension of oidhreacht
Third declension
Bare forms:
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Derived terms
- oidhreachtúil (“hereditary”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
oidhreacht | n-oidhreacht | hoidhreacht | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 5.
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “eigrecht, oigrecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “oiġreaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 527
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “oidhreacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “oidhreacht” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “oidhreacht” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- “oidhreacht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy