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 singular plural nominative ducht duchtanna vocative a dhucht a dhuchtanna genitive duchta duchtanna dative ducht duchtanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an ducht na duchtanna genitive an duchta na nduchtanna dative leis an ducht don ducht leis na duchtanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of ducht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ducht	dhucht	nducht

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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, 2013–2025