éadóchas

Irish

Alternative forms

  • éadóchus, éadóthchas, éadóthchus, eudóchas, eudóthchas (obsolete)

Etymology

From éa- (un-) + dóchas (hope).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ia̯ˈd̪ˠoːxəsˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈeːd̪ˠoːxːəsˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈeːd̪ˠɔxəsˠ/, [ˈɛːd̪ˠɔxəsˠ][1]

Noun

éadóchas m (genitive singular éadóchais)

  1. despair

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
éadóchas n-éadóchas héadóchas t-éadóchas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 35

Further reading

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