ochtar

Irish

ochtar

Etymology

From Old Irish ochtar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔxt̪ˠəɾˠ/

Noun

ochtar m (genitive singular ochtair, nominative plural ochtair) (triggers no mutation)

1. a group of eight people

   Tá ochtar daltaí sa rang.

   There are eight pupils in the class.

Usage notes

• Generally used with the genitive plural when referring to human beings; also sometimes used with other nouns, especially if the things they denote are being personified.

Declension

Declension of ochtar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ochtar ochtair Vocative a ochtair a ochtara Genitive ochtair ochtar Dative ochtar ochtair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-ochtar na hochtair Genitive an ochtair na n-ochtar Dative leis an ochtar don ochtar leis na hochtair

Related terms

• ocht (“eight”) (non-personal)

Mutation

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

References

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