dúchas — meaning in English
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English meaning
- heredity noun The passing of physical or genetic traits from parents to their children.
- nature noun The physical world and everything in it — plants, animals, landscapes, and natural forces — as distinct from human-made things.
- patrimony noun A right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any male ancestor.
- quality noun The overall standard or excellence of something, as opposed to how much of it there is.
- wildness noun The quality or state of being wild, untamed, or uncontrolled.
Senses
dúchas is used for these senses in English:
- heredity Hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants.
- nature The essential or innate characteristics of a person or thing which will always tend to manifest, especially in contrast to specific contexts, reason, religious duty, upbringing, and personal pretense or effort.
- patrimony A right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any male ancestor.
- quality (countable) Something that differentiates a thing or person.
- wildness The state or quality of being wild.
nature — full definition
- noun The physical world and everything in it — plants, animals, landscapes, and natural forces — as distinct from human-made things.
- noun A person or thing's essential character — the qualities that make them who or what they fundamentally are.
- noun The general type or category something belongs to.