Nechtan

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English

Etymology

Ultimately from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Pictish[1] ᚅᚓᚆᚆᚈᚑᚅᚅ (nehhtonn).

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "in dialects without the lock–loch merger" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /nɛx.tæn/, /nɛx.tɑn/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "in dialects with the lock–loch merger" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /nɛk.tæn/, /nɛk.tɑn/

Proper noun

Nechtan

  1. (rare) A male given name from Pictish.
    • 2007, William Clinkenbeard, Writers at Bay: A Collection of Short Stories, →ISBN, page 183:
      One of the Druids took him to see Nechtan, as one of Nechtan’s roles was to check newcomers’ suitability for entrance to the College.

References

  1. ^ Sidney Lee, Dictionary of National Biography, volume 40 (1894), page 152, entry “Nechtan”

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