dúiche
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
dúiche f (genitive singular dúiche, nominative plural dúichí)
- hereditary land, ancestral land
- native land, native place; home country
- land, estate
- region, territory; district, locality, countryside
- vast number or amount
Declension edit
Declension of dúiche
Derived terms edit
- dúiche chónaidhme, dúiche fheidearálach (“federal district”)
- dúiche theorann (“borderland”)
- dúichíoch (“territorial”, adjective)
- ionchúisitheoir dúiche (“district attorney”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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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 edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dúiche”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- 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.