éadóchasach

Irish

Alternative forms

• éadóthchasach, eudóchasach (obsolete)

Etymology

From éadóchas (“hopelessness, despair”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ia̯ˈd̪ˠoːxəsˠəx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈeːd̪ˠoːxːəsˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈeːd̪ˠɔxəsˠa(x)/, [ˈɛːd̪ˠɔxəsˠa(x)]

Adjective

éadóchasach (genitive singular masculine éadóchasaigh, genitive singular feminine éadóchasaí, plural éadóchasacha, comparative éadóchasaí)

1. hopeless, despairing, despondent

Declension

Declension of éadóchasach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	éadóchasach	éadóchasach	éadóchasacha
vocative	éadóchasaigh		éadóchasacha
genitive		éadóchasaí	éadóchasacha	éadóchasach
dative	éadóchasach	éadóchasach; éadóchasaigh (archaic)	éadóchasacha
Comparative	níos éadóchasaí
Superlative	is éadóchasaí

Derived terms

• éadóchasacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of éadóchasach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
éadóchasach	n-éadóchasach	héadóchasach	not applicable

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

Further reading

• “éadóchasach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “éadóċasaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 274
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éadóchasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN