dóchas

See also: dòchas

Irish

From Old Irish dóchus.[1]

dóchas m (genitive singular dóchais)

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 of dóchas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

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.

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dóchus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 82
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 50

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dóchas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dóċas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 250
Entries containing “dóchas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “dóchas” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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