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dúiche

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Originally the genitive of dúthaigh, from Middle Irish dúthaig, substantivization of dúthaig (hereditary, native).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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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

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of dúiche
radical lenition eclipsis
dúiche dhúiche ndúiche

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

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 343, page 118

Further reading

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