dùthchas

See also: dúthchas

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Related to dùth and dùthaich.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt̪uːxəs̪/

Noun

dùthchas m (genitive singular dùthchais, plural dùthchasan)

  1. place of birth
  2. heredity (relating to country, territory, native customs)

Derived terms
  • dùthchasach (“native, endemic, traditional”)
  • dùthchasachd f (“hereditary right”)
  • dùthaich f (“country, land, countryside”)

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
dùthchasdhùthchas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “dùthchas”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
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