dorchacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• doircheacht

Etymology

From Middle Irish dorchacht. By surface analysis, dorcha +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔɾˠəxəxt̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠʌɾˠəxa(h)t̪ˠ/

Noun

dorchacht f (genitive singular dorchachta)

1. darkness, blackness
2. eclipse
3. mysteriousness

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dorchacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dorċaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 257
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dorchacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Middle Irish

Etymology

From dorcha +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdorxaxt/

Noun

dorchacht f

1. darkness
   • c. 1400, trans. Cath Mhuighe Léana in the Yellow Book of Lecan, Trinity MS 1318, 108.13

     re lán dhorchacht

     a time full of darkness

2. obscurity
3. dimness of sight

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dorchacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language