dóchas

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish dóchus.[1]

Pronunciation

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

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative dóchas
Vocative a dhóchais
Genitive dóchais
Dative dóchas

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an dóchas
Genitive an dóchais
Dative leis an dóchas

don dóchas

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dóchas dhóchas ndóchas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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 (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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