ocht

Alemannic German

cardinal number

8	Previous:	sibe
	Next:	nin

Alternative forms

• acht, àcht

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔxt/

Numeral

ocht

1. (Alsatian) eight

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Irish

Irish cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ocht     Ordinal : ochtú     Personal : ochtar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɔxt̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ʌxt̪ˠ/

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Numeral

ocht (triggers eclipsis)

1. eight

Usage notes

• 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 gcat ― eight cats
• ocht dtroithe ― eight feet
• ocht n-uaire ― eight times

• When used with the definite article, the definite article is always in the plural. When used with nouns modified by adjectives, the adjective is also in the plural and is always lenited after nouns in the singular but only lenites after nouns in the plural when they end in slender consonants:

• ocht gcapall bhána ― eight white horses
• na hocht n-eaglais mhóra ― the eight big churches

But:

• ocht gcapaill bhána ― eight white horses
• na hocht n-eaglaisí móra ― the eight big churches

• When referring to human beings, the personal form ochtar is used.

Derived terms

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

Mutation

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

• "ocht" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 ocht”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

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Old Irish

Etymology 1

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

Numeral

Old Irish cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ocht     Ordinal : ochtmad

ocht

1. eight

Descendants

• Irish: ocht
• Manx: hoght
• Scottish Gaelic: ochd

Etymology 2

Noun

ocht n

1. Alternative form of ucht (“breast”)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
ocht	unchanged	n-ocht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 ocht”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “2 ocht”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN