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Etymology edit

dí- +‎ ro- +‎ coínid

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [doˈr͈oxoːi̯nʲi]

Verb edit

do·rochoíni (verbal noun derchoíniud)

  1. to despair (of)
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 57d11
      derchoínfet a n‑íc hó Día.
      They will not despair of their salvation from God.

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