éacht

== Irish == === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish écht (“slaying, slaughter; slain person; exploit, prowess, deed of valour”), from Proto-Celtic *anxtu (“slaughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥ḱtu, from the root *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”). ==== Noun ==== éacht m (genitive singular éachta, nominative plural éachtaí) (literary) killing, slaying; slaughter slain person; casualty feat, exploit; achievement ===== Declension ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== éachta m === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== éacht f (genitive singular éachta, nominative plural éachtaí) alternative form of iacht (“cry; sigh, groan; lament”) ===== Declension ===== ==== Verb ==== éacht (present analytic éachtann, future analytic éachtfaidh, verbal noun éachtadh, past participle éachta) (intransitive) alternative form of iacht (“cry; sigh, groan; lament”) ===== Conjugation ===== === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “éacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN “achievement”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 “exploit”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 “feat”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “écht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language