éadóchasach

Irish

Alternative forms

éadóthchasach, eudóchasach (obsolete)

Etymology

From éadóchas (“hopelessness, despair”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ia̯ˈd̪ˠoːxəsˠəx/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈeːd̪ˠoːxːəsˠəx/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈeːd̪ˠɔxəsˠa(x)/, [ˈɛːd̪ˠɔxəsˠa(x)][1]

Adjective

éadóchasach (genitive singular masculine éadóchasaigh, genitive singular feminine éadóchasaí, plural éadóchasacha, comparative éadóchasaí)

hopeless, despairing, despondent

Declension

Declension of éadóchasach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	éadóchasach	éadóchasach	éadóchasacha
Vocative	éadóchasaigh	éadóchasach	éadóchasacha
Genitive	éadóchasaigh	éadóchasaí	éadóchasacha	éadóchasach
Dative	éadóchasach	éadóchasach; éadóchasaigh (archaic)	éadóchasacha
Comparative	níos éadóchasaí
Superlative	is éadóchasaí

Derived terms

éadóchasacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
éadóchasach	n-éadóchasach	héadóchasach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 35

“éadóchasach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “éadóċasaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 274
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éadóchasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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[1] Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 35