dúchasach

Irish

Etymology

dúchas (“hereditary right or claim; birthright, heritage; ancestral estate, patrimony; native place or country, ancestral home; traditional connexion”) +‎ -ach

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

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

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dúchasach dhúchasach ndúchasach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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