dóchas

See also: dòchas

Irish

From Old Irish dóchus.

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.

C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “dóchus”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
“dóċas” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
"dóchas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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