dóchas

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Irish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish dóchus.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

dóchas m (genitive singular dóchais)

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

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Mutation[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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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