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dorchadas

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish dorchatas.[3]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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dorchadas m (genitive singular dorchadais)

  1. darkness

Declension

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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

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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

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  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

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish dorchatas.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈd̪̊ɔˈɾɔxət̪əs̪/
  • (Assynt) IPA(key): /ˈd̪̊aˈɾaxət̪əs̪/
  • (Islay) IPA(key): /ˈd̪̊ɔɾɑxət̪əs̪/

Noun

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dorchadas m (genitive singular dorchadais, no plural)

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

Synonyms

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Mutation

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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.

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “dorchadas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Cathair Ó Dochartaigh, editor (1994), Survey of the Gaelic Dialects of Scotland, volume III, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, pages 218-219