dúiche

Irish

Alternative forms

• dúthaigh

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dúiche”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dúiche”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “dúiche”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024