dóchasúil

Irish

Etymology

From dóchas +‎ -úil.

Adjective

dóchasúil (genitive singular masculine dóchasúil, genitive singular feminine dóchasúla, plural dóchasúla, comparative dóchasúla)

1. Alternative form of dóchasach

Declension

Declension of dóchasúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	dóchasúil	dhóchasúil	dóchasúla; dhóchasúla²
Vocative	dhóchasúil		dóchasúla
Genitive		dóchasúla	dóchasúla	dóchasúil
Dative	dóchasúil; dhóchasúil¹	dhóchasúil	dóchasúla; dhóchasúla²
Comparative	níos dóchasúla
Superlative	is dóchasúla

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dóchasúil	dhóchasúil	ndóchasúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dóchasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN