acht
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== Translingual ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from German acht (“eight”).
=== Noun ===
acht
(chess) Spoken by a player during a match with one or more visually impaired players to indicate the eighth rank in algebraic notation.
=== References ===
FIDE Laws of Chess 2023
== Alemannic German ==
=== Alternative forms ===
ocht, àcht
=== Etymology ===
From Old High German ahto, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu. Cognate with German acht, Dutch acht, English eight, Swedish åtta.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɑxt/
=== Numeral ===
acht
eight
== Bavarian ==
=== Alternative forms ===
achte, åcht, åchte
=== Etymology ===
From Middle High German ahte, from Old High German ahto, from Proto-West Germanic *ahtō, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɑxt/
=== Numeral ===
acht
eight
== Cimbrian ==
=== Numeral ===
acht
attributive form of achte
acht óarn ― eight o'clock (literally, “eight hours”)
== Czech ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Czech acht, possibly from Middle High German āhte.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈaxt]
Hyphenation: acht
=== Noun ===
acht m inan
(archaic) anathema
Synonym: klatba
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“acht”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
“acht”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
== Dutch ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɑxt/
Hyphenation: acht
Rhymes: -ɑxt
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Middle Dutch achte, acht, from Old Dutch ahto, from Proto-West Germanic *ahtō, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.
==== Numeral ====
acht
eight
Een spin heeft acht poten. ― A spider has eight legs.
De film begint vanavond rond achten. ― The movie starts around eight tonight.
Ze gingen met zijn achten op vakantie. ― The eight of them went on vacation together.
===== Derived terms =====
===== Descendants =====
Afrikaans: agt, ag
Berbice Creole Dutch: akti
Jersey Dutch: āxt
Negerhollands: acht, agt, ak
Skepi Creole Dutch: akt
→ Sranan Tongo: acht
=== Etymology 2 ===
From Middle Dutch achte, from Old Dutch *ahta, from Proto-West Germanic *ahtu.
==== Noun ====
acht f (uncountable, no diminutive)
attention, heed
===== Derived terms =====
===== Descendants =====
Afrikaans: ag
=== Etymology 3 ===
From Middle Dutch achte, from Old Dutch *āhta, from Proto-Germanic *anhtō.
==== Noun ====
acht f (uncountable, no diminutive)
(historical, chiefly obsolete) banishment, ostracism
Synonyms: ban, verbanning, vogelvrijverklaring
===== Usage notes =====
At least the compound rijksacht is still attestable in contemporary historical writing alongside rijksban.
=== Etymology 4 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
acht
inflection of achten:
first/second/third-person singular present indicative
imperative
=== Anagrams ===
chat
== Dutch Low Saxon ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Saxon ahto, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu. Cognate to German Low German acht, German acht, Dutch acht.
=== Numeral ===
acht
(in many (all?) dialects) eight (8)
== German ==
=== Etymology ===
From Middle High German ahte, from Old High German ahto, from Proto-West Germanic *ahtō, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.
Compare Dutch acht, English eight, Danish otte, Swedish åtta, Greek οκτώ (októ), Latin octō.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [axt]
=== Numeral ===
acht
(cardinal number) eight (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 8; or describing a set with eight elements)
==== Coordinate terms ====
==== Derived terms ====
Acht, Achteck
achtfach, achtmal
achtstündig, achttägig
==== Related terms ====
achtzehn
achtzig
Achteck
=== Further reading ===
“acht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“acht” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“acht” in Duden online
acht on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
== German Low German ==
=== Etymology ===
From Middle Low German achte, from Old Saxon ahto. Cognate to Dutch Low Saxon acht, German acht, Dutch acht.
=== Numeral ===
acht
(in many dialects, including Eastern Pomeranian, Low Prussian) eight (8)
==== Coordinate terms ====
=== Numeral ===
acht
(Eastern Pomeranian in Brazil) eighth (8th)
=== References ===
Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)
Gertjan Postma, A Contrastive Grammar of Brazilian Pomeranian (Linguistik Aktuell / Linguistics Today, vol. 248), 2019, p. 97 & 99
== Hunsrik ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈaxt/
Rhymes: -axt
Syllabification: acht
=== Etymology 1 ===
Inherited from Central Franconian aacht, from Middle High German ahte, from Old High German ahto, from Proto-West Germanic *ahtō, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu.
Cognate with German acht and Luxembourgish aacht.
==== Numeral ====
acht
eight
=== Etymology 2 ===
Inherited from Middle High German ahtede, from Old High German ahtodo, from Proto-West Germanic *ahtudō, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô.
Cognate with German achte and Luxembourgish aacht.
==== Adjective ====
acht
eighth
===== Declension =====
=== References ===
== Irish ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Middle Irish acht, from Latin āctus.
==== Pronunciation ====
(Munster) IPA(key): /ɑxt̪ˠ/
(Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /axt̪ˠ/
==== Noun ====
acht m (genitive singular achta, nominative plural achtanna)
decree, enactment
compact
condition
===== Declension =====
===== Derived terms =====
achtachán m (“enactment”)
=== Etymology 2 ===
From Old Irish acht.
==== Pronunciation ====
(Munster) IPA(key): /ɑx/
(Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /ax/
==== Conjunction ====
acht
obsolete spelling of ach (“but”)
==== Preposition ====
acht (plus nominative, triggers no mutation)
obsolete spelling of ach (“except, but”)
==== Adverb ====
acht
obsolete spelling of ach (“but, only, merely”)
=== Etymology 3 ===
Likely from etymology 2.
==== Pronunciation ====
(Munster) IPA(key): /ɑxt̪ˠ/
(Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /axt̪ˠ/
==== Noun ====
acht m (genitive singular achta)
doubt, uncertainty
===== Declension =====
=== Mutation ===
=== Further reading ===
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “acht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “6 acht (‘decree, edict’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 acht (‘but, except’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 acht (‘stipulation, condition’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “4 acht (‘doubt’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “acht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“acht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
== Middle Dutch ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /axt/
=== Numeral ===
acht
alternative form of achte
== Middle Low German ==
=== Numeral ===
acht
alternative form of achte
=== Noun ===
acht f
arrest of the king, ostracism, exclusion from the secular legal community
reputation, rank, status, position in life
legal deadline, court meeting
in reference to the "king's feast", or the octave (eight-day period) during which it was celebrated
=== References ===
Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)
Lübben, August und Christoph Walther Mittelniederdeutsches Handwörterbuch, Vol II, 1888. Published by Norden und Leipzig.
== Old Czech ==
=== Etymology ===
Possibly from borrowed from Middle High German āhte (compare German outlawry, sworn enmity).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈaxt/
IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈaxt/
=== Noun ===
acht m inan
anathema
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
Czech: acht
=== Further reading ===
Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “acht”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
== Old Irish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈaxt̪/
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Proto-Celtic *extos (“except, but”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsto- (“out”), from *h₁eǵʰs. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐκτός (ektós, “outside”).
==== Alternative forms ====
act
==== Conjunction ====
acht
but
c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 7d10
provided (that) (followed by ro- and the subjunctive mood of the verb)
c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 23b24
(followed by a nasalizing relative clause) except that
c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 137b5
For more quotations using this term, see Citations:acht.
===== Descendants =====
Irish: ach
Manx: agh
Scottish Gaelic: ach
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
·acht
inflection of aigid:
third-person singular preterite conjunct
passive singular preterite conjunct
=== Mutation ===
=== Further reading ===
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 acht (‘but, except’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
== Pennsylvania German ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /axt/
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Middle High German ahte, from Old High German ahto. Compare German acht, Dutch acht, English eight.
==== Numeral ====
acht
eight
=== Etymology 2 ===
Compare German achte, Dutch achtste, English eighth.
==== Adjective ====
acht
eighth
==== Numeral ====
acht
eighth
== West Frisian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Frisian achta, from Proto-West Germanic *ahtō, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /axt/
=== Numeral ===
acht
eight
==== Further reading ====
“acht (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
=== Noun ===
acht c (plural achten, diminutive achtsje)
eight
==== Further reading ====
“acht (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
== Zealandic ==
=== Etymology ===
From Middle Dutch achte, acht, from Old Dutch ahto, from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *ahtō, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.
=== Numeral ===
acht
eight
== Zipser German ==
=== Numeral ===
acht
alternative form of åcht