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===Noun===
===Noun===
'''duıttr''' ''(runic:'''ᚿᚢᛁᛐᛧ''')''
'''duıttr''' ''(runic:'''ᚿᚢᛁᛐᛧ''')''
# (''in traditional law'') An heiress, inheritor.
# (''in trad. law'') An heiress, inheritor.
# (''more broadly'') A successor.  
# (''{{glossary|broadly|b.ly}}'') A successor.  
====Usage notes====
====Usage notes====
Annerish society was matrilineal and matrifocal, hence there is no term for a male heir.
Annerish society was matrilineal and matrifocal, hence there is no term for a male heir.

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Middle Annerish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Annerish) IPA: /ˈdˠutʲr̩ʲ/ [ˈd̥ɯ̯ɪˑʰt͡ʃɪ̆ɹ]

  • broad ending: /ˈdˠutˠr̩ˠ/ [ˈd̥uˑʰtəɾ]

Noun

duıttr (runic:ᚿᚢᛁᛐᛧ)

  1. (in trad. law) An heiress, inheritor.
  2. (b.ly) 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