Nechtan
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English
Etymology
Ultimately from the Pictish ᚅᚓᚆᚆᚈᚑᚅᚅ (nehhtonn).
Pronunciation
- (in dialects without the lock–loch merger) IPA(key): /nɛx.tæn/, /nɛx.tɑn/
- (in dialects with the lock–loch merger) IPA(key): /nɛk.tæn/, /nɛk.tɑn/
Proper noun
Nechtan
- (rare) A male given name from Pictish.
- 2007, William Clinkenbeard, Writers at Bay: A Collection of Short Stories, →ISBN, page 183:
- One of the Druids took him to see Nechtan, as one of Nechtan’s roles was to check newcomers’ suitability for entrance to the College.
References
- ^ Sidney Lee, Dictionary of National Biography, volume 40 (1894), page 152, entry “Nechtan”
