ócht

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See also: ocht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ógacht, ógdacht f (“chastity, virginity”), from óg, ógda (“pure, chaste, virginal”).

Noun

ócht f (genitive singular óchta)

  1. virginity

Declension

Declension of ócht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative ócht
vocative a ócht
genitive óchta
dative ócht
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an ócht
genitive na hóchta
dative leis an ócht
don ócht

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ócht
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ócht n-ócht hócht not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Old Irish

Noun

ócht m

  1. Alternative form of úacht

Mutation

Mutation of ócht
radical lenition nasalization
ócht
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) 		unchanged n-ócht

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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