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Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
docht
- singular past indicative of dunken
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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Adjective
docht (genitive singular masculine docht, genitive singular feminine doichte, plural dochta, comparative doichte)
- tight, close
- stiff, rigid
- strict, hard
Declension
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
Verb
docht (present analytic dochtann, future analytic dochtfaidh, verbal noun dochtadh, past participle dochta)
- (transitive) tighten, bind securely
Conjugation
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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| indicative
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present
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dochtaim
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dochtann tú;
dochtair†
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dochtann sé, sí
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dochtaimid
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dochtann sibh
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dochtann siad;
dochtaid†
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a dhochtann; a dhochtas /
a ndochtann*; a ndochtas*
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dochtar
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| past
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dhocht mé; dhochtas
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dhocht tú; dhochtais
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dhocht sé, sí
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dhochtamar; dhocht muid
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dhocht sibh; dhochtabhair
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dhocht siad; dhochtadar
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a dhocht /
ar dhocht*
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dochtadh
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| past habitual
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dhochtainn / ndochtainn‡‡
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dhochtá / ndochtᇇ
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dhochtadh sé, sí / ndochtadh sé, s퇇
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dhochtaimis; dhochtadh muid / ndochtaimis‡‡; ndochtadh muid‡‡
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dhochtadh sibh / ndochtadh sibh‡‡
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dhochtaidís; dhochtadh siad / ndochtaidís‡‡; ndochtadh siad‡‡
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a dhochtadh /
a ndochtadh*
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dhochtaí / ndochta퇇
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| future
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dochtfaidh mé;
dochtfad
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dochtfaidh tú;
dochtfair†
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dochtfaidh sé, sí
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dochtfaimid;
dochtfaidh muid
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dochtfaidh sibh
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dochtfaidh siad;
dochtfaid†
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a dhochtfaidh; a dhochtfas /
a ndochtfaidh*; a ndochtfas*
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dochtfar
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| conditional
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dhochtfainn / ndochtfainn‡‡
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dhochtfá / ndochtfᇇ
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dhochtfadh sé, sí / ndochtfadh sé, s퇇
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dhochtfaimis; dhochtfadh muid / ndochtfaimis‡‡; ndochtfadh muid‡‡
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dhochtfadh sibh / ndochtfadh sibh‡‡
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dhochtfaidís; dhochtfadh siad / ndochtfaidís‡‡; ndochtfadh siad‡‡
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a dhochtfadh /
a ndochtfadh*
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dhochtfaí / ndochtfa퇇
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| subjunctive
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present
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go ndochta mé;
go ndochtad†
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go ndochta tú;
go ndochtair†
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go ndochta sé, sí
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go ndochtaimid;
go ndochta muid
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go ndochta sibh
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go ndochta siad;
go ndochtaid†
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—
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go ndochtar
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| past
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dá ndochtainn
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dá ndochtá
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dá ndochtadh sé, sí
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dá ndochtaimis;
dá ndochtadh muid
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dá ndochtadh sibh
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dá ndochtaidís;
dá ndochtadh siad
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—
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dá ndochtaí
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| imperative
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dochtaim
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docht
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dochtadh sé, sí
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dochtaimis
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dochtaigí;
dochtaidh†
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dochtaidís
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—
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dochtar
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| verbal noun
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dochtadh
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| past participle
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dochta
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Etymology 2
Noun
docht m (genitive singular dochta)
- Alternative form of tocht (“stoppage, obstruction; emotional catch; deep emotion”)
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| docht
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dhocht
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ndocht
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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