écht
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *anxtu, from the same root as éc (“death”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeːxt/
Inflection
| Neuter u-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | échtN | échtL | échtL, échta |
| Vocative | échtN | échtL | écht |
| Accusative | échtN | échtL | écht |
| Genitive | échtoH, échtaH | échtoN, échtaN | échtN |
| Dative | échtL | échtaib | échtaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Irish: éacht
- Scottish Gaelic: euchd
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| écht | unchanged | n-écht |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*anku-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 37
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “écht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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