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

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with 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.

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