dúchasach

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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

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

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.

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