dúiche
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
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Noun
[edit]dúiche f (genitive singular dúiche, nominative plural dúichí)
- hereditary land, ancestral land
- native land, native place; home country
- land, estate
- region, territory; district, locality, countryside
- vast number or amount
Declension
[edit]Declension of dúiche
Derived terms
[edit]- dúiche chónaidhme, dúiche fheidearálach (“federal district”)
- dúiche theorann (“borderland”)
- dúichíoch (“territorial”, adjective)
- ionchúisitheoir dúiche (“district attorney”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
dúiche | dhúiche | ndúiche |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dúiche”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dúiche”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “dúiche”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024