dúiseacht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish dúsacht, dúisecht.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠuːʃəxt̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠuːʃa(h)t̪ˠ/

Noun

dúiseacht f (genitive singular dúiseachta)

1. verbal noun of dúisigh
2. state of being awake, aroused

   Tá mé i mo dhúiseacht.

   I am awake.

   Bhain sí dúiseacht as.

   She woke him up.

   An dtig leat an leanbh a dhúiseacht?

   Can you waken the child?

   Phreab mé i mo dhúiseacht.

   I awakened with a bound.

   Chuir Aindrias a iníon ina dúiseacht.

   Aindrias wakened his daughter.

Declension

Declension of dúiseacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative dúiseacht Vocative a dhúiseacht Genitive dúiseachta Dative dúiseacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an dúiseacht Genitive na dúiseachta Dative leis an dúiseacht don dúiseacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dúiseacht	dhúiseacht	ndúiseacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dúiseaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 269