tacht

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See also: -tacht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tachtaid, from Proto-Celtic *taketi.

Pronunciation

Verb

tacht (present analytic tachtann, future analytic tachtfaidh, verbal noun tachtadh, past participle tachta)

  1. (transitive) to choke, strangle
    Synonym: plúch

Usage notes

The Irish verb is transitive; the intransitive English senses of “choke, strangle” must be translated using a passive or impersonal construction, such as Tá sé á thachtadh (“He is choking”), Tachtadh iad (“They (were) strangled”), or by making the thing on which the person choked the subject of the sentence, as Thacht cnámh í (“She choked on a bone”, literally “A bone choked her”).

Conjugation

conjugation of tacht (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present tachtaim tachtann tú;
tachtair† 		tachtann sé, sí tachtaimid tachtann sibh tachtann siad;
tachtaid† 		a thachtann; a thachtas /
a dtachtann*; a dtachtas* 		tachtar
past thacht mé; thachtas thacht tú; thachtais thacht sé, sí thachtamar; thacht muid thacht sibh; thachtabhair thacht siad; thachtadar a thacht /
ar thacht* 		tachtadh
past habitual thachtainn / dtachtainn‡‡ thachtá / dtachtᇇ thachtadh sé, sí / dtachtadh sé, s퇇 thachtaimis; thachtadh muid / dtachtaimis‡‡; dtachtadh muid‡‡ thachtadh sibh / dtachtadh sibh‡‡ thachtaidís; thachtadh siad / dtachtaidís‡‡; dtachtadh siad‡‡ a thachtadh /
a dtachtadh* 		thachtaí / dtachta퇇
future tachtfaidh mé;
tachtfad 		tachtfaidh tú;
tachtfair† 		tachtfaidh sé, sí tachtfaimid;
tachtfaidh muid 		tachtfaidh sibh tachtfaidh siad;
tachtfaid† 		a thachtfaidh; a thachtfas /
a dtachtfaidh*; a dtachtfas* 		tachtfar
conditional thachtfainn / dtachtfainn‡‡ thachtfá / dtachtfᇇ thachtfadh sé, sí / dtachtfadh sé, s퇇 thachtfaimis; thachtfadh muid / dtachtfaimis‡‡; dtachtfadh muid‡‡ thachtfadh sibh / dtachtfadh sibh‡‡ thachtfaidís; thachtfadh siad / dtachtfaidís‡‡; dtachtfadh siad‡‡ a thachtfadh /
a dtachtfadh* 		thachtfaí / dtachtfa퇇
subjunctive present go dtachta mé;
go dtachtad† 		go dtachta tú;
go dtachtair† 		go dtachta sé, sí go dtachtaimid;
go dtachta muid 		go dtachta sibh go dtachta siad;
go dtachtaid† 		— go dtachtar
past dá dtachtainn dá dtachtá dá dtachtadh sé, sí dá dtachtaimis;
dá dtachtadh muid 		dá dtachtadh sibh dá dtachtaidís;
dá dtachtadh siad 		— dá dtachtaí
imperative tachtaim tacht tachtadh sé, sí tachtaimis tachtaigí;
tachtaidh† 		tachtaidís — tachtar
verbal noun tachtadh
past participle tachta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tacht thacht dtacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English taught, toȝt (“tight, distended”). Cognate with English taut.

Adjective

tacht

  1. Tight; tense; close; stretched out; tightened.
  2. (of persons) Strict; severe.

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