úacht

See also: uacht

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• ócht (archaic)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewǵ- (“cold”).

Noun

úacht m

1. cold, coldness

Inflection

Masculine u-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	úacht	—	—
vocative	úacht	—	—
accusative	úachtN	—	—
genitive	úachtoH, úachtaH	—	—
dative	úachtL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Related terms

• úar (“cold”)

Descendants

• Irish: fuacht
• Scottish Gaelic: fuachd
• Manx: feayght