dorchacht

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish dorchacht. By surface analysis, dorcha +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dorchacht f (genitive singular dorchachta)

  1. darkness, blackness
  2. eclipse
  3. mysteriousness

Further reading

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Middle Irish

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Etymology

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From dorcha +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dorchacht f

  1. darkness
    • c. 1400, trans. Cath Mhuighe Léana in the Yellow Book of Lecan, Trinity MS 1318, 108.13
      re lán dhorchacht
      a time full of darkness
  2. obscurity
  3. dimness of sight

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