's dòcha

• IPA^(key): /s̪ ˈd̪̊ɔːxə/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /s̪ d̪̊ɔːx/^[1]
• (some Skye speakers) IPA^(key): /s̪ ˈd̪̊ɔːxkə/

's dòcha

1. maybe, perhaps

• When followed by a clause, it is linked to it by gun/gum/nach:

  'S dòcha nach bi iad fadalach idir.

  Maybe they won't be late at all.

  (literally, “Maybe that they won't be late at all.”)

• ma dh'fhaoidte
• dh'fhaodadh
• 's mathaid (Lewis)
• cha lughaide (Islay, Jura, Colonsay)