dùthchas

See also: dúthchas

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Related to dùth and dùthaich.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪uːxəs̪/

Noun

dùthchas m (genitive singular dùthchais, plural dùthchasan)

1. place of birth
2. heredity (relating to country, territory, native customs)

Derived terms

• dùthchasach (“native, endemic, traditional”)
• dùthchasachd f (“hereditary right”)

Related terms

• dùthaich f (“country, land, countryside”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
dùthchas	dhùthchas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “dùthchas”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN