dochar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish dochor (“disadvantage, hurt, loss, injury, misery; unfair or disadvantageous contract”), from do-, du- (pejorative or negative prefix) + cor (“act of putting, placing, setting up; act of throwing, casting; act of letting go, discarding”).

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔxəɾˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠʌxəɾˠ/

Noun

dochar m (genitive singular dochair)

harm; hurt, injury; loss, distress
1. (commerce) debit
2. (jurisprudence) prejudice

Declension

Declension of dochar

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	dochar
Vocative	a dhochair
Genitive	dochair
Dative	dochar

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an dochar
Genitive	an dochair
Dative	leis an dochar don dochar

Synonyms

díobháil
damáiste

Related terms

sochar m (“valid contract; privileges, dues; emoluments; benefit, profit; advantage, gain; produce”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dochar	dhochar	ndochar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"dochar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“dochor” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.