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dorchadas

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish dorchatas.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔɾˠəxəd̪ˠəsˠ/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔɾˠxəsˠ/, /ˈd̪ˠɞɾˠxəsˠ/[1] (corresponding to the form dorchas)

Noun

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dorchadas m (genitive singular dorchadais)

  1. darkness

Declension

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Declension of dorchadas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative dorchadas
vocative a dhorchadais
genitive dorchadais
dative dorchadas
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an dorchadas
genitive an dorchadais
dative leis an dorchadas
don dorchadas

Mutation

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Mutated forms of dorchadas
radical lenition eclipsis
dorchadas dhorchadas ndorchadas

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. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 68

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish dorchatas.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt̪ɔɾɔxət̪əs̪/

Noun

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dorchadas m (genitive singular dorchadais, no plural)

  1. darkness
  2. obscurity
  3. gloominess
  4. duskiness
  5. mysteriousness

Synonyms

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Mutation

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Mutation of dorchadas
radical lenition
dorchadas dhorchadas

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