# ocht
## Alemannic German

cardinal number :
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### Alternative forms

* acht, àcht

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔxt/

### Numeral

ocht
* (Alsatian) eight

## Irish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /ɞxt̪ˠ/
* (Connacht) IPA: /ɔxt̪ˠ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ʌxt̪ˠ/

### Numeral

ocht (triggers eclipsis)
* eight

#### Usage notes

* 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-éin ― eight birds
* When used with the definite article, the definite article is always in the plural. When used with adjectives, the adjective is also in the plural and is always lenited after nouns in the singular; after nouns in the plural, the adjective only lenites after 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.

#### Derived terms

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

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ocht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 91

### Further reading

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

## Old Irish
### Etymology 1

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

#### Numeral

ocht
* eight

##### Descendants

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

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

ocht n
* Alternative form of ucht (“breast”)

### References

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ocht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ocht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Scots
### Alternative forms

* owt

### Etymology

Inherited from Middle English aught, ought, from Old English āht, āwiht, from ā (“always", "ever”) + wiht (“thing", "creature”).

### Pronoun

ocht
* anything

### References

* “ocht, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 24 May 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.
* “ocht, n., pron., adj., adv.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 24 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.