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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish ochtmoga (“eighty”), from ocht (“eight”) (modern ocht).
Pronunciation
Numeral
ochtó
- eighty
Usage notes
- Always used with nouns in the singular; triggers no mutation:
- ochtó carr ― eighty cars
- ochtó bean ― eighty women
- ochtó bliain ― eighty years
Synonyms
Noun
ochtó m (genitive singular ochtód, nominative plural ochtóidí)
- eighty
Declension
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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ochtó
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n-ochtó
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hochtó
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t-ochtó
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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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References
- “eighty”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024, retrieved 21 May 2024
- “ochtó”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024, retrieved 21 May 2024
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “eighty”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, retrieved 21 May 2024
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ochtó”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN, retrieved 21 May 2024
- Ó Dónaill, Niall, Ua Maoileoin, Pádraig (1991) “ochtó”, in An Foclóir Beag (in Irish), Dublin: An Gúm, retrieved 21 May 2024
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ochtmoga”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language, retrieved 21 May 2024