Contionary:duıttr

Middle Annerish

Etymology

From Old Annerish dúachtır, a conflation of Proto-Germanic *duhtēr and *þeuhtēr ("descendant").

Pronunciation

(Annerish) IPA: /dutʲrʲ/ [ˈd̥ʷiˑʰt͡ʃɪ̆ɹ]

• broad ending: /dutr/ [ˈd̥uˑʰtəɾ]

Noun

duıttr (runic:ᚿᚢᛁᛐᛧ)

1. An heiress, inheritor
2. (in traditional law) A successor

Usage notes

Annerish society was matrilineal and matrifocal, hence there is no term for a male heir.

Inflection

Irregular according to the Bésgnae Béırle; Bernthaler (1907) groups this along with several other such nouns into a declension she descibes as "Überrestliche rhotische Deklination."

Ⅱ Fem.	Singular	Plural	Collective
Common	duıttrɴ	duıttrʟ	duttra(e)ʜ
Genitive	duttra(e)ʜ	duıttrɴ	duttr(a)ʟ
Dative	duıttrʟ	duttraıb	duttraıb
Vocative	duttrʟ	duıttrʟ	duttra(e)ʟ