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

Declension of ócht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms 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

Synonyms

• maighdeanas m

Derived terms

• scannán óchta m

Mutation

Mutated forms of ócht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ócht	n-ócht	hócht	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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

Mutation of ócht

radical	lenition	nasalization
ócht (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-ócht

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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