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]

Noun

éadóchas m (genitive singular éadóchais)

1. despair

Declension

Declension of éadóchas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative éadóchas vocative a éadóchais genitive éadóchais dative éadóchas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-éadóchas genitive an éadóchais dative leis an éadóchas don éadóchas

Derived terms

• éadóchasach
• éadóchasacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of éadóchas

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
éadóchas	n-éadóchas	héadóchas	t-éadóchas

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

Further reading

• “éadóchas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “édóchas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éadóchas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “éadóċas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 274