ochtmad

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *oxtūmetos; synchronically analyzable as ocht +‎ -mad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoxtṽað/

Adjective

Old Irish ordinal numbers

<  7th	8th	9th  >
Cardinal : ocht     Ordinal : ochtmad

ochtmad

1. eighth

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ochtmad	ochtmad	ochtmad
Vocative	ochtmaid* ochtmad**
Accusative	ochtmad	ochtmaid
Genitive	ochtmaid	ochtmaide	ochtmaid
Dative	ochtmad	ochtmaid	ochtmad
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	ochtmaid	ochtmada
Vocative	ochtmadu ochtmada†
Accusative	ochtmadu ochtmada†
Genitive	ochtmad
Dative	ochtmadaib
Notes	*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

Descendants

• Irish: ochtú

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ochtmad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language