Wiktionary

dóchasach

See also: dòchasach

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From dóchas +‎ -ach.

Adjective

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dóchasach (genitive singular masculine dóchasaigh, genitive singular feminine dóchasaí, plural dóchasacha, comparative dóchasaí)

  1. hopeful, sanguine

Declension

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Declension of dóchasach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative dóchasach dhóchasach dóchasacha;
dhóchasacha²
Vocative dhóchasaigh dóchasacha
Genitive dóchasaí dóchasacha dóchasach
Dative dóchasach;
dhóchasach¹ 		dhóchasach;
dhóchasaigh (archaic) 		dóchasacha;
dhóchasacha²
Comparative níos dóchasaí
Superlative is dóchasaí

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

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dóchasach dhóchasach ndóchasach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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