oidhreacht
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish eigrecht (compare Scottish Gaelic oighreachd, Manx eiraght), from eigre (“heir, inheritor, successor, descendant”). By surface analysis, oidhre + -acht.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈəiɾʲiəxt̪ˠ/[1] (corresponding to the variant oidhríocht)
Noun
[edit]oidhreacht f (genitive singular oidhreachta, nominative plural oidhreachtaí)
- heritage
- heredity
- Synonym: dúchas
- inheritance
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- oidhreachtúil (“hereditary”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| oidhreacht | n-oidhreacht | hoidhreacht | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 5
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “oidhreacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “oidhreacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- “oidhreacht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy