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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish ógacht, ógdacht f (“chastity, virginity”), from óg, ógda (“pure, chaste, virginal”).
Noun
ócht f (genitive singular óchta)
- virginity
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
|
| ócht
|
n-ócht
|
hócht
|
not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
|
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ócht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ógacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Irish
Noun
ócht m
- Alternative form of úacht
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation
|
| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
|
ócht
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
|
unchanged
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n-ócht
|
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
|
References