# tacht
## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish tachtaid, from Proto-Celtic *taketi.

### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Aran) IPA: /t̪ˠɑxt̪ˠ/
* (Cois Fharraige, Connemara, Mayo) IPA: /t̪ˠaxt̪ˠ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /t̪ˠa(x)t̪ˠ/

### Verb

tacht (present analytic tachtann, future analytic tachtfaidh, verbal noun tachtadh, past participle tachta)
* (transitive) to choke, strangle
    Synonym: plúch

#### Usage notes

The Irish verb is transitive; the intransitive English senses of “choke, strangle” must be translated using a passive or impersonal construction, such as Tá sé á thachtadh (“He is choking”), Tachtadh iad (“They (were) strangled”), or by making the thing on which the person choked the subject of the sentence, as Thacht cnámh í (“She choked on a bone”, literally “A bone choked her”).

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | tachtaim | tachtann tú; tachtair$^†$ | tachtann sé, sí | tachtaimid | tachtann sibh | tachtann siad; tachtaid$^†$ | a thachtann; a thachtas / a dtachtann* | tachtar |
| indicative | past | thacht mé; thachtas | thacht tú; thachtais | thacht sé, sí | thachtamar; thacht muid | thacht sibh; thachtabhair | thacht siad; thachtadar | a thacht / ar thacht* | tachtadh |
| indicative | past habitual | thachtainn / dtachtainn‡‡ | thachtá / dtachtá‡‡ | thachtadh sé, sí / dtachtadh sé, sí‡‡ | thachtaimis; thachtadh muid / dtachtaimis‡‡; dtachtadh muid‡‡ | thachtadh sibh / dtachtadh sibh‡‡ | thachtaidís; thachtadh siad / dtachtaidís‡‡; dtachtadh siad‡‡ | a thachtadh / a dtachtadh* | thachtaí / dtachtaí‡‡ |
| future | future | tachtfaidh mé; tachtfad | tachtfaidh tú; tachtfair$^†$ | tachtfaidh sé, sí | tachtfaimid; tachtfaidh muid | tachtfaidh sibh | tachtfaidh siad; tachtfaid$^†$ | a thachtfaidh; a thachtfas / a dtachtfaidh* | tachtfar |
| conditional | conditional | thachtfainn / dtachtfainn‡‡ | thachtfá / dtachtfá‡‡ | thachtfadh sé, sí / dtachtfadh sé, sí‡‡ | thachtfaimis; thachtfadh muid / dtachtfaimis‡‡; dtachtfadh muid‡‡ | thachtfadh sibh / dtachtfadh sibh‡‡ | thachtfaidís; thachtfadh siad / dtachtfaidís‡‡; dtachtfadh siad‡‡ | a thachtfadh / a dtachtfadh* | thachtfaí / dtachtfaí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go dtachta mé; go dtachtad$^†$ | go dtachta tú; go dtachtair$^†$ | go dtachta sé, sí | go dtachtaimid; go dtachta muid | go dtachta sibh | go dtachta siad; go dtachtaid$^†$ | — | go dtachtar |
| subjunctive | past | dá dtachtainn | dá dtachtá | dá dtachtadh sé, sí | dá dtachtaimis; dá dtachtadh muid | dá dtachtadh sibh | dá dtachtaidís; dá dtachtadh siad | — | dá dtachtaí |
| imperative | imperative | tachtaim | tacht | tachtadh sé, sí | tachtaimis | tachtaigí; tachtaidh$^†$ | tachtaidís | — | tachtar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | tachtadh | tachtadh | tachtadh | tachtadh | tachtadh | tachtadh | tachtadh | tachtadh |
| past participle | past participle | tachta | tachta | tachta | tachta | tachta | tachta | tachta | tachta |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

### Further reading

* “tacht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tachtaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “taċtaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 707
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Scots
### Alternative forms

* taght

### Etymology

From Middle English taught, toȝt (“tight, distended”). Cognate with English taut.

### Adjective

tacht
* Tight; tense; close; stretched out; tightened.
* (of persons) Strict; severe.

#### Derived terms

* tachten (to tighten)