dùthchas

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Related to dùth and dùthaich.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈma.han/

Noun

dùthchas m (genitive singular dùthchais, plural dùthchasan)

  1. place of birth
  2. heredity

Derived terms
  • dùthchasach (“endemic, traditional”)
  • dùthchasachd f (“hereditary right”)

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

References
  • MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911) An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
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