ocht

== Alemannic German == === Alternative forms === acht, àcht === Etymology === From Old High German ahto, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu. Cognate with German acht, Dutch acht, English eight, Swedish åtta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔxt/ === Numeral === ocht (Alsatian) eight == Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish ocht, from Proto-Celtic *oxtū, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw. === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /ɞxt̪ˠ/ (Connacht) IPA(key): /oxt̪ˠ/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ɔxt̪ˠ/ === Numeral === ocht (triggers eclipsis) eight ==== Usage notes ==== May be used with nouns in both the singular and plural; the singular is more common in general, but the plural must be used with units of measurement and the like. Triggers eclipsis: ocht gcat ― eight cats ocht dtroithe ― eight feet ocht n-éin ― eight birds When used with the definite article, the definite article is always in the plural. When used with adjectives, the adjective is also in the plural and is always lenited after nouns in the singular; after nouns in the plural, the adjective only lenites after slender consonants: ocht gcapall bhána ― eight white horses na hocht n-eaglais mhóra ― the eight big churches But: ocht gcapaill bhána ― eight white horses na hocht n-eaglaisí móra ― the eight big churches When referring to human beings, the personal form ochtar is used. ==== Derived terms ==== ochtach (“octave”) ochtar (“eight people”, personal number) ochtú (“eighth”, ordinal) === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Old Irish == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Celtic *oxtū, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw. ==== Numeral ==== ocht eight ===== Descendants ===== Irish: ocht Manx: hoght Scottish Gaelic: ochd === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== ocht n alternative form of ucht (“breast”) === Mutation === === References === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ocht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ocht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language == Scots == === Alternative forms === oucht, owt === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English aught, ought, from Old English āht, āwiht, from ā (“always", "ever”) + wiht (“thing", "creature”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oxt/ (Southern Scots, Orkney) IPA(key): /ʌut/ === Pronoun === ocht anything === Verb === ocht (auxiliary) ought ==== Derived terms ==== ochtna (“ought not”) === References === “ocht, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 24 May 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC. “ocht, n., pron., adj., adv.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 24 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC. “ocht, v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 6 August 2025, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.