necht

== Old Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈn̠ʲext̪/ === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Celtic *nextī, from Proto-Indo-European *néptih₂. ==== Noun ==== necht f niece, granddaughter (?) ===== Declension ===== Unattested but plausible: ===== Usage notes ===== Not well enough attested in Old Irish to be certain of either the declension class or the exact meaning. However, comparative evidence suggests an ī-stem (Proto-Indo-European *ih₂-stem), which is consistent with the modern Irish form. The oldest attestation is simply a gloss of Latin neptis, which like most ancient Indo-European cognates can mean both “niece” and “granddaughter”. ===== Descendants ===== Irish: neacht ==== Further reading ==== Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 necht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Celtic *nixtos, past participle of *nigyeti (“to wash”), from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ-. Cognate with Sanskrit नि॒क्त (niktá, “washed”) and Ancient Greek ἄ-νιπτος (á-niptos, “unwashed, unclean”). ==== Adjective ==== necht clean, pure ===== Declension ===== ===== Related terms ===== nigid (“to wash”) ===== Descendants ===== ⇒ Irish: neachtlann (“laundry (place)”) ==== Further reading ==== Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 necht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language === Mutation === == Slovak == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nogъtь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɲext/, [ˈɲext] Rhymes: -ext === Noun === necht m inan nail (part of a finger) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== nechtový nechtík m nechtíček m nechtisko n === Further reading === “necht”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026