ócht

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

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): 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

Declension of ócht

Third declension

Synonyms

• maighdeanas m

Derived terms

• scannán óchta m

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ócht	n-ócht	hócht	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ócht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ógacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Noun

ócht m

1. Alternative form of úacht

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
ócht (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-ócht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ócht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language