Irish

Alternative forms

• dúthchas (superseded)

Noun

dúchas m ‎(genitive singular dúchais)

1. hereditary right or claim; birthright, heritage; ancestral estate, patrimony
2. native place or country, ancestral home; traditional connexion
3. kindred affection, natural affinity
4. heredity, innate quality, natural bent
5. natural, wild, state; wildness, madness

Declension

Synonyms

• (heredity): oidhreacht, sinsearacht
• (nature): nádúr

Derived terms

• dúchasach m ‎(“hereditary proprietor; hereditary head (of community); hereditary follower; native, inhabitant”)
• dúchasach ‎(“hereditary, ancestral; inherited, inherent; innate, instinctive; native, indigenous; inheritable”, adj)

Mutation

References

• “dúthchas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “dúṫċas” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "dúchas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.