dúchasach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
dúchasach (genitive singular masculine dúchasaigh, genitive singular feminine dúchasaí, plural dúchasacha, comparative dúchasaí)
- hereditary, ancestral; inherited, inherent; innate, instinctive; native, indigenous
- (law) inheritable
- vernacular
Declension edit
Declension of dúchasach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | dúchasach | dhúchasach | dúchasacha; dhúchasacha² | |
| Vocative | dhúchasaigh | dúchasacha | ||
| Genitive | dúchasaí | dúchasacha | dúchasach | |
| Dative | dúchasach; dhúchasach¹ |
dhúchasach; dhúchasaigh (archaic) |
dúchasacha; dhúchasacha² | |
| Comparative | níos dúchasaí | |||
| Superlative | is dúchasaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms edit
- bundúchasach (“aboriginal”, adjective)
Noun edit
dúchasach m (genitive singular dúchasaigh, nominative plural dúchasaigh)
- (literary) hereditary proprietor; hereditary head (of community)
- (literary) hereditary follower
- native, inhabitant
Declension edit
Declension of dúchasach
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms edit
- bundúchasach m (“aborigine”)
- Dúchasach Meiriceánach
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| dúchasach | dhúchasach | ndúchasach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dúchasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “dúchasach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “dúchasach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.