dóchúil

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

dóchúil (genitive singular masculine dóchúil, genitive singular feminine dóchúla, plural dóchúla, comparative dóchúla)

1. likely, probable

Declension

Declension of dóchúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	dóchúil	dhóchúil	dóchúla; dhóchúla2
vocative	dhóchúil		dóchúla
genitive		dóchúla	dóchúla	dóchúil
dative	dóchúil; dhóchúil1	dhóchúil	dóchúla; dhóchúla2
Comparative	níos dóchúla
Superlative	is dóchúla

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• dóchúlacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of dóchúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dóchúil	dhóchúil	ndóchúil

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dóchúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “dóchúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025