dòchas

See also: dóchas

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish dóchus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd̪̊ɔːxəs/[1]

Noun

dòchas m (genitive singular dòchais, plural dòchasan)

  1. hope, expectancy

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of dòchas
radical lenition
dòchas dhòchas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) “The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire”, in A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, volume II, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 14
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