dúiche

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Noun

dúiche f (genitive singular dúiche, nominative plural dúichí)

  1. hereditary land, ancestral land
  2. native land, native place; home country
  3. land, estate
  4. region, territory; district, locality, countryside
  5. vast number or amount

Declension
Declension of dúiche

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dúiche dúichí
Vocative a dhúiche a dhúichí
Genitive dúiche dúichí
Dative dúiche dúichí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an dúiche na dúichí
Genitive na dúiche na ndúichí
Dative leis an dúiche

don dúiche

 leis na dúichí

Derived terms
  • dúiche chónaidhme, dúiche fheidearálach (“federal district”)
  • dúiche theorann (“borderland”)
  • dúichíoch (“territorial”, adjective)
  • ionchúisitheoir dúiche (“district attorney”)

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

References

Further reading
  • Entries containing “dúiche” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “dúiche” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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