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
  • IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠuːxəsˠ/[2][3]

Noun

dúchas m (genitive singular dúchais)

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

Declension
Declension of dúchas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative dúchas
Vocative a dhúchais
Genitive dúchais
Dative dúchas

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an dúchas
Genitive an dúchais
Dative leis an dúchas

don dúchas

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dúchas dhúchas ndúchas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dúthchas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 32
  3. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 73

Further reading
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