ochtach

== Irish == === Pronunciation === (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɔxt̪ˠa(x)/ === Etymology 1 === From ocht (“eight”) +‎ -ach. ==== Noun ==== ochtach m (genitive singular ochtaigh, nominative plural ochtaigh) (music) octave (an interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving in pitch frequency) ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle Irish ochtach, from Proto-Celtic *ɸuxtākā, from Proto-Indo-European *pewḱ- (“pine”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πεύκη (peúkē, “pine”), Lithuanian puši̇̀s (“pine”), and German Fichte (“spruce”). ==== Noun ==== ochtach f (genitive singular ochtaí, nominative plural ochtacha) (literary) fir, Abies spp.; pine Pinus spp. ridgepole ===== Declension ===== ===== Synonyms ===== (fir, pine): giúis, péine (ridgepole): maide mullaigh === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “oċtaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 806; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ochtach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN