dóchas

See also: dòchas

Irish

Alternative forms

  • dóchus (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish dóchus.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔxəsˠ/[2] (as if spelled dochas)
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠoːxəsˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔːxəsˠ/[3]

Noun

dóchas m (genitive singular dóchais)

  1. hope, trust, reliance (with as plus the person or thing hoped or trusted in or relied on)
    Tá dóchas agam asat chun é a dhéanamh. ― I trust in you to do it; I rely on you to do it.

Declension

Declension of dóchas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative dóchas
vocative a dhóchais
genitive dóchais
dative dóchas
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an dóchas
genitive an dóchais
dative leis an dóchas
don dóchas

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of dóchas
radical lenition eclipsis
dóchas dhóchas ndóchas

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dóchus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 82
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 50

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