oidhreacht

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish eigrecht (compare Scottish Gaelic oighreachd, Manx eiraght), from eigre (heir, inheritor, successor, descendant). Synchronically analyzable as oidhre + -acht.

Pronunciation

  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈəiɾʲiəxt̪ˠ/[1] (corresponding to the variant oidhríocht)

Noun

oidhreacht f (genitive singular oidhreachta, nominative plural oidhreachtaí)

  1. heritage
  2. heredity
    Synonym: dúchas
  3. inheritance

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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

  1. Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 5.

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