noght

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish i n-nocht (“tonight”), from nocht (“night”), an old word, later supplanted entirely by adaig (compare Manx oie). Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *noxs, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

Adverb

noght

  1. tonight

References

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

Middle English

Adverb

noght

  1. not

Descendants

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