écht

See also: echt, Echt, and -echt

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *anxtu, from the same root as éc (“death”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeːxt/

Noun

écht n (genitive échta, nominative plural échta)

  1. slaying, slaughter, murder

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:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: éacht
  • Scottish Gaelic: euchd

Mutation

Mutation of écht
radical lenition nasalization
écht
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)		 écht n-écht

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*anku-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 37

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