ocsapatach

Irish

Etymology

From Latin occiput (“the back of the head”) + -ach.

Adjective

ocsapatach (genitive singular masculine ocsapataigh, genitive singular feminine ocsapataí, plural ocsapatacha, not comparable)

1. occipital

Declension

Declension of ocsapatach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	ocsapatach	ocsapatach	ocsapatacha
Vocative	ocsapataigh		ocsapatacha
Genitive		ocsapataí	ocsapatacha	ocsapatach
Dative	ocsapatach	ocsapatach; ocsapataigh (archaic)	ocsapatacha
Comparative	níos ocsapataí
Superlative	is ocsapataí

Derived terms

• cnámh ocsapatach (“occipital bone”)

Related terms

• cúlphlaic (“occiput”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ocsapatach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN