oidhreacht
Irish
Alternative forms
- oighreacht
- oidhríocht, oighríocht
- oidhridheacht, oighridheacht (superseded)
Etymology
From Middle Irish eigrecht (compare Scottish Gaelic oighreachd, Manx eiraght), from eigre (“heir, inheritor, successor, descendant”). By surface analysis, oidhre + -acht.
Noun
oidhreacht f (genitive singular oidhreachta, nominative plural oidhreachtaí)
- heritage
- heredity
- Synonym: dúchas
- inheritance
Declension
Declension of oidhreacht
Third declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- oidhreachtúil (“hereditary”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| oidhreacht | n-oidhreacht | hoidhreacht | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 5
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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
- Entries containing “oidhreacht” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “oidhreacht” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- “oidhreacht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
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