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dúiche

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Originally the genitive of dúthaigh, from Middle Irish dúthaig, substantivization of dúthaig (“hereditary, native”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dúiche f (genitive singular dúiche, nominative plural dúichí)

  1. hereditary land, ancestral land
  2. native land, native place; home country
  3. land, estate
  4. region, territory; district, locality, countryside
  5. vast number or amount

Declension

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Declension of dúiche

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dúiche dúichí
Vocative a dhúiche a dhúichí
Genitive dúiche dúichí
Dative dúiche dúichí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an dúiche na dúichí
Genitive na dúiche na ndúichí
Dative leis an dúiche

don dúiche

leis na dúichí

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
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

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 343, page 118

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