dúchas

See also: duchas and duchás

Irish

FWOTD – 20 December 2015

Alternative forms

• dúthchas (superseded)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠuːxəsˠ/

Noun

dúchas m (genitive singular dúchais)

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

Declension

Declension of dúchas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative dúchas vocative a dhúchais genitive dúchais dative dúchas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an dúchas genitive an dúchais dative leis an dúchas don dúchas

Derived terms

• dúchasach

Related terms

• dúiche

Mutation

Mutated forms of dúchas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dúchas	dhúchas	ndúchas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dúchas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dúṫċas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 271