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

Mutated forms of ochtar

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ochtar	n-ochtar	hochtar	t-ochtar

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) “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