éacht

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish écht (slaying, slaughter; slain person; exploit, prowess, deed of valour), from Proto-Celtic *anxtu (slaughter), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥ḱtu, from the root *neḱ- (to perish, disappear).

Noun

éacht m (genitive singular éachta, nominative plural éachtaí)

  1. (literary)
    1. killing, slaying; slaughter
    2. slain person; casualty
  2. feat, exploit; achievement
Declension
Declension of éacht (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative éacht éachtaí
vocative a éacht a éachtaí
genitive éachta éachtaí
dative éacht éachtaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-éacht na héachtaí
genitive an éachta na n-éachtaí
dative leis an éacht
don éacht
leis na héachtaí
Alternative forms
  • éachta m

Etymology 2

Noun

éacht f (genitive singular éachta, nominative plural éachtaí)

  1. alternative form of iacht (cry; sigh, groan; lament)
Declension
Declension of éacht (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative éacht éachtaí
vocative a éacht a éachtaí
genitive éachta éachtaí
dative éacht éachtaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an éacht na héachtaí
genitive na héachta na n-éachtaí
dative leis an éacht
don éacht
leis na héachtaí

Verb

éacht (present analytic éachtann, future analytic éachtfaidh, verbal noun éachtadh, past participle éachta)

  1. (intransitive) alternative form of iacht (cry; sigh, groan; lament)
Conjugation

Mutation

Mutated forms of éacht
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
éacht n-éacht héacht 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) “éacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • achievement”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • exploit”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • feat”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “écht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language