ocht

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See also: òcht

Alemannic German

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cardinal number
8 Previous: sibe
Next: nin

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old High German ahto, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu. Cognate with German acht, Dutch acht, English eight, Swedish åtta.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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ocht

  1. (Alsatian) eight

Irish

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Irish cardinal numbers
 <  7 8 9  > 
    Cardinal : ocht
    Ordinal : ochtú
    Personal : ochtar

Etymology

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From Old Irish ocht,[1] from Proto-Celtic *oxtū, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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ocht (triggers eclipsis)

  1. eight

Usage notes

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  • May be used with nouns in both the singular and plural; the singular is more common in general, but the plural must be used with units of measurement and the like. Triggers eclipsis:
  • ocht gcateight cats
  • ocht dtroitheeight feet
  • ocht n-éineight birds
  • When used with the definite article, the definite article is always in the plural. When used with adjectives, the adjective is also in the plural and is always lenited after nouns in the singular; after nouns in the plural, the adjective only lenites after slender consonants:
  • ocht gcapall bhánaeight white horses
  • na hocht n-eaglais mhórathe eight big churches
But:
  • ocht gcapaill bhánaeight white horses
  • na hocht n-eaglaisí mórathe eight big churches
  • When referring to human beings, the personal form ochtar is used.

Derived terms

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  • ochtar (used with personal nouns)
  • ochtú (eighth) (ordinal)

Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ocht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 91

Further reading

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Old Irish

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Celtic *oxtū, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Numeral

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Old Irish cardinal numbers
 <  7 8 9  > 
    Cardinal : ocht
    Ordinal : ochtmad
    Male personal : ochtar

ocht

  1. eight
Descendants
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  • Irish: ocht
  • Manx: hoght
  • Scottish Gaelic: ochd

Etymology 2

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Noun

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ocht n

  1. Alternative form of ucht (breast)

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
ocht
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-ocht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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Scots

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle English aught, ought, from Old English āhtāwiht, from ā (always", "ever) + wiht (thing", "creature).

Pronoun

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ocht

  1. anything

References

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