dúiseacht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish dúsacht, dúisecht.

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠuːʃəxt̪ˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠuːʃa(h)t̪ˠ/

Noun

dúiseacht f (genitive singular dúiseachta)

verbal noun of dúisigh
state of being awake, aroused
Tá mé i mo dhúiseacht.
I am awake.

Bhain sí dúiseacht as.
She woke him up.

An dtig leat an leanbh a dhúiseacht?
Can you waken the child?

Phreab mé i mo dhúiseacht.
I awakened with a bound.

Chuir Aindrias a iníon ina dúiseacht.
Aindrias wakened his daughter.

Declension

Declension of dúiseacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case	Singular
Nominative	dúiseacht
Vocative	a dhúiseacht
Genitive	dúiseachta
Dative	dúiseacht

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an dúiseacht
Genitive	na dúiseachta
Dative	leis an dúiseacht don dúiseacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dúiseacht	dhúiseacht	ndúiseacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dúiseaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 269

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