ducht

See also: Ducht

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ductus (“conveyance of water; channel”), noun use of past participle of dūcō (“I lead, draw”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d̪ˠʊxt̪ˠ/

Noun

ducht m (genitive singular duchta, nominative plural duchtanna)

  1. (anatomy, botany) duct
    Synonym: píobán

Declension
Declension of ducht

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ducht duchtanna
Vocative a dhucht a dhuchtanna
Genitive duchta duchtanna
Dative ducht duchtanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ducht na duchtanna
Genitive an duchta na nduchtanna
Dative leis an ducht

don ducht

 leis na duchtanna

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

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ducht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “ducht” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “ducht” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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