Irish
- éadóchus, éadóthchas, éadóthchus, eudóchas, eudóthchas (obsolete)
Etymology
From éa- (“un-”) + dóchas (“hope”).
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ia̯ˈd̪ˠoːxəsˠ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈeːd̪ˠoːxːəsˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈeːd̪ˠɔxəsˠ/, [ˈɛːd̪ˠɔxəsˠ][1]
Noun
éadóchas m (genitive singular éadóchais)
- despair
Declension
Declension of éadóchas (first declension, no plural)
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Derived terms
Mutation
Mutated forms of éadóchas
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eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| éadóchas
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n-éadóchas
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héadóchas
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t-éadóchas
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
Further reading
- “éadóchas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “édóchas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éadóchas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “éadóċas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 274
