ducht

See also: Ducht

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ductus (“conveyance of water; channel”), noun use of past participle of dūcō (“I lead, draw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠʊxt̪ˠ/

Noun

ducht m (genitive singular duchta, nominative plural duchtanna)

1. (anatomy, botany) duct

   Synonym: píobán

Declension

Declension of ducht

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ducht duchtanna Vocative a dhucht a dhuchtanna Genitive duchta duchtanna Dative ducht duchtanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ducht na duchtanna Genitive an duchta na nduchtanna Dative leis an ducht don ducht leis na duchtanna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ducht	dhucht	nducht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ducht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ducht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ducht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024