dóchasúil
Irish
Etymology
From dóchas + -úil.
Adjective
dóchasúil (genitive singular masculine dóchasúil, genitive singular feminine dóchasúla, plural dóchasúla, comparative dóchasúla)
- 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
- "dóchasach" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.