Contionary:duıttr

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Middle Annerish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Annerish) IPA: /ˈdˠutʲr̩ʲ/ [ˈd̥ɯ̯ɪˑʰt͡ʃɪ̆ɹ]

  • broad ending: /ˈdˠutˠr̩ˠ/ [ˈd̥uʍtʰʊ̆ɾ]
Inflection of duıttr
 Ⅱ ꜰᴇᴍ.  ɴᴏᴍ. ɢᴇɴ. ᴀᴛ. ᴏᴄ.
sɢ.  duıttr(ɴ)  duttra(e)ʜ  duıttrʟ  duttrʟ
ᴘʟ.  duıttrʟ  duıttrɴ  duttraıb   duıttrʟ
ᴄᴏʟ.  duttra(e)ʜ  duttr(a)ʟ  duttra(e)ʟ

Noun

duıttr (runic:ᚿᚢᛁᛐᛧ)

  1. (in trad. law) An heiress, inheritor.
  2. (more br.ly) A successor.

Usage notes

Annerish society was matrilineal and matrifocal, hence there is no term for a male heir.
According to the Bésgnae Béırle this noun belongs to the second declension despite its irregularities;
Bernthaler (1907) groups this along with several other such nouns into a declension she descibes as "Überrestliche rhotische Deklination."