dochtúir

Irish

Alternative forms

• dochtúr (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

From Middle Irish doctúir, from Latin doctor.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɔxˈt̪ˠuːɾʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔxt̪ˠuːɾʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠʌxt̪ˠuɾʲ/

Noun

dochtúir m (genitive singular dochtúra, nominative plural dochtúirí)

1. doctor (physician)

Declension

Declension of dochtúir

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative dochtúir dochtúirí Vocative a dhochtúir a dhochtúirí Genitive dochtúra dochtúirí Dative dochtúir dochtúirí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an dochtúir na dochtúirí Genitive an dochtúra na ndochtúirí Dative leis an dochtúir don dochtúir leis na dochtúirí

Derived terms

• bandochtúir (“female doctor”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dochtúir	dhochtúir	ndochtúir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 67
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dochtúir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN