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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish eigrecht (compare Scottish Gaelic oighreachd, Manx eiraght), from eigre (“heir, inheritor, successor, descendant”). By surface analysis, oidhre + -acht.
Pronunciation
Noun
oidhreacht f (genitive singular oidhreachta, nominative plural oidhreachtaí)
- heritage
- heredity
- Synonym: dúchas
- inheritance
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| oidhreacht
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n-oidhreacht
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hoidhreacht
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “eigrecht, oigrecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “oiġreaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 527
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oidhreacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “oidhreacht” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “oidhreacht” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- “oidhreacht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy