dúchasach

Irish

Etymology

From dúchas +‎ -ach.

Adjective

dúchasach (genitive singular masculine dúchasaigh, genitive singular feminine dúchasaí, plural dúchasacha, comparative dúchasaí)

1. hereditary, ancestral; inherited, inherent; innate, instinctive; native, indigenous
2. (law) inheritable
3. vernacular

Declension

Declension of dúchasach

	singular		plural (m/f)
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

• bundúchasach (“aboriginal”, adjective)

Noun

dúchasach m (genitive singular dúchasaigh, nominative plural dúchasaigh)

1. (literary) hereditary proprietor; hereditary head (of community)
2. (literary) hereditary follower
3. native, inhabitant

Declension

Declension of dúchasach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative dúchasach dúchasaigh vocative a dhúchasaigh a dhúchasacha genitive dúchasaigh dúchasach dative dúchasach dúchasaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an dúchasach na dúchasaigh genitive an dúchasaigh na ndúchasach dative leis an dúchasach don dúchasach leis na dúchasaigh

Derived terms

• bundúchasach m (“aborigine”)
• Dúchasach Meiriceánach

Mutation

Mutated forms of dúchasach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dúchasach	dhúchasach	ndúchasach

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) “dúchasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dúchasach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “dúchasach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024