See also: duchas and duchás

Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish dúthchas (compare Scottish Gaelic dùthchas, Manx dooghys).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

dúchas m (genitive singular dúchais)

  1. hereditary right, heritage
  2. natural affinity
  3. instinct

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dúchas dhúchas ndúchas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dúthchas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 32
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 73

Further reading edit