ocsapatach

Irish

Etymology

From Latin occiput (“the back of the head”) + -ach.

Adjective

ocsapatach (genitive singular masculine ocsapataigh, genitive singular feminine ocsapataí, plural ocsapatacha, not comparable)

1. occipital

Declension

Declension of ocsapatach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	ocsapatach	ocsapatach	ocsapatacha
vocative	ocsapataigh		ocsapatacha
genitive		ocsapataí	ocsapatacha	ocsapatach
dative	ocsapatach	ocsapatach; ocsapataigh (archaic)	ocsapatacha
Comparative	níos ocsapataí
Superlative	is ocsapataí

Derived terms

• cnámh ocsapatach (“occipital bone”)

Related terms

• cúlphlaic (“occiput”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ocsapatach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ocsapatach	n-ocsapatach	hocsapatach	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ocsapatach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN