ocht

• acht, àcht

From Old High German ahto, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu. Cognate with German acht, Dutch acht, English eight, Swedish åtta.

• IPA^(key): /ɔxt/

ocht

1. (Alsatian) eight

From Old Irish ocht, from Proto-Celtic *oxtū, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɔxt̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ʌxt̪ˠ/

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ocht (triggers eclipsis)

1. eight

• May be used with nouns in both the singular and plural; the singular is more common in general, but the plural must be used with units of measurement and the like. Triggers eclipsis:

• ocht gcat ― eight cats
• ocht dtroithe ― eight feet
• ocht n-uaire ― eight times

• When used with the definite article, the definite article is always in the plural. When used with nouns modified by adjectives, the adjective is also in the plural and is always lenited after nouns in the singular but only lenites after nouns in the plural when they end in slender consonants:

• ocht gcapall bhána ― eight white horses
• na hocht n-eaglais mhóra ― the eight big churches

But:

• ocht gcapaill bhána ― eight white horses
• na hocht n-eaglaisí móra ― the eight big churches

• When referring to human beings, the personal form ochtar is used.

• ochtar (used with personal nouns)
• ochtú (“eighth”) (ordinal)

• "ocht" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 ocht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

From Proto-Celtic *oxtū, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

ocht

1. eight

• Irish: ocht
• Manx: hoght
• Scottish Gaelic: ochd

ocht n

1. Alternative form of ucht (“breast”)

• “1 ocht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “2 ocht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.