ocht

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• àcht

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 of a following noun)

1. (cardinal) eight

   ocht dteach ― eight houses

   ocht n-uaire ― eight times

Derived terms

• ochtar (“eight people”)
• 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.
• “1 ocht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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Old Irish

Etymology 1

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

Numeral

Old Irish cardinal numbers

<  7	8	9  >
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

• “1 ocht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “2 ocht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.