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dúchasach
dúchasach
Irish
Noun
dúchasach m (genitive singular dúchasaigh, nominative plural dúchasaigh)
- (literary) hereditary proprietor; hereditary head (of community)
- (literary) hereditary follower
- native, inhabitant
Declension
Declension of dúchasach
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- bundúchasach m (“aborigine”)
Adjective
dúchasach (genitive singular masculine dúchasaigh, genitive singular feminine dúchasaí, plural dúchasacha, comparative dúchasaí)
- hereditary, ancestral; inherited, inherent; innate, instinctive; native, indigenous
- (law) inheritable
- vernacular
Declension
Declension of dúchasach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | dúchasach | dúchasach¹ | dúchasacha³ | |
| Vocative | dúchasaigh¹ | dúchasach¹ | dúchasacha | |
| Genitive | dúchasaigh¹ | dúchasaí (obsolete) dúchasaighe |
dúchasacha | dúchasach |
| Dative | dúchasach² | dúchasach¹ (archaic) dúchasaigh¹ |
dúchasacha³ | |
| Comparative | dúchasaí (obsolete) dúchasaighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- bundúchasach (“aboriginal”, adj)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| dúchasach | dhúchasach | ndúchasach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "dúchasach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.