oidhreacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• oighreacht
• oidhríocht, oighríocht
• oidhridheacht, oighridheacht (superseded)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈəiɾʲiəxt̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the variant oidhríocht)

Noun

oidhreacht f (genitive singular oidhreachta, nominative plural oidhreachtaí)

1. heritage
2. heredity

   Synonym: dúchas

3. inheritance

Declension

Declension of oidhreacht

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative oidhreacht oidhreachtaí Vocative a oidhreacht a oidhreachtaí Genitive oidhreachta oidhreachtaí Dative oidhreacht oidhreachtaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an oidhreacht na hoidhreachtaí Genitive na hoidhreachta na n-oidhreachtaí Dative leis an oidhreacht don oidhreacht leis na hoidhreachtaí

Derived terms

• oidhreachtúil (“hereditary”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with 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.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “eigrecht, oigrecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “oiġreaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 527
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oidhreacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “oidhreacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “oidhreacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• “oidhreacht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy