ochtó

Irish

Irish numbers (edit)
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8
    Cardinal: ochtó, ceithre fichid, ceithre scór
    Ordinal: ochtódú

Alternative forms

  • ochtmhogha

Etymology

From Old Irish ochtmoga (“eighty”), from ocht (“eight”) (modern ocht).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈoxt̪ˠoː/

Numeral

ochtó

  1. eighty

Usage notes

  • Always used with nouns in the singular; triggers no mutation:
  • ochtó carr ― eighty cars
  • ochtó bean ― eighty women
  • ochtó bliain ― eighty years

Synonyms

Noun

ochtó m (genitive singular ochtód, nominative plural ochtóidí)

  1. eighty

Declension

Declension of ochtó (fifth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ochtó ochtóidí
vocative a ochtó a ochtóidí
genitive ochtód ochtóidí
dative ochtó
ochtóid (in certain phrases) 		ochtóidí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-ochtó na hochtóidí
genitive an ochtód na n-ochtóidí
dative leis an ochtó
don ochtó 		leis na hochtóidí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ochtó
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ochtó n-ochtó hochtó t-ochtó

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

References

  • “eighty”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025, retrieved 21 May 2024
  • “ochtó”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025, retrieved 21 May 2024
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “eighty”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, retrieved 21 May 2024
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ochtó”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN, retrieved 21 May 2024
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall, Ua Maoileoin, Pádraig (1991) “ochtó”, in An Foclóir Beag (in Irish), Dublin: An Gúm, retrieved 21 May 2024
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ochtmoga”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language, retrieved 21 May 2024
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