ocht

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

àcht

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔxt/

Numeral

ocht

(Alsatian) eight

Irish

**Irish cardinal numbers**
< 7	8	9 >
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)

(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.

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

eight

Descendants

Irish: ocht
Manx: hoght
Scottish Gaelic: ochd

Etymology 2

Noun

ocht n

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.

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