dorchadas

Irish

Alternative forms

  • doircheadas, dorchas[1]
  • dorchadus (obsolete)[2]

Etymology

From Middle Irish dorchatas.[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔɾˠəxəd̪ˠəsˠ/, /ˈd̪ˠɞɾˠxəd̪ˠəsˠ/[4]
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔɾˠxəsˠ/, /ˈd̪ˠɞɾˠxəsˠ/[5] (corresponding to the form dorchas)

Noun

dorchadas m (genitive singular dorchadais)

  1. darkness

Declension

Declension of dorchadas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative dorchadas
vocative a dhorchadais
genitive dorchadais
dative dorchadas
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an dorchadas
genitive an dorchadais
dative leis an dorchadas
don dorchadas

Mutation

Mutated forms of dorchadas
radical lenition eclipsis
dorchadas dhorchadas ndorchadas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “dorchas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ “dorchadas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dorchatus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 69
  5. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 68

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish dorchatas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt̪ɔɾɔxət̪əs̪/

Noun

dorchadas m (genitive singular dorchadais, no plural)

  1. darkness
  2. obscurity
  3. gloominess
  4. duskiness
  5. mysteriousness

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutation of dorchadas
radical lenition
dorchadas dhorchadas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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