ochtapas

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English octopus, from Ancient Greek ὀκτώπους (oktṓpous), with influence from the native word ocht (“eight”).

Noun

ochtapas m (genitive singular ochtapais, nominative plural ochtapais)

  1. octopus

Declension

Declension of ochtapas (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ochtapas ochtapais
vocative a ochtapais a ochtapasa
genitive ochtapais ochtapas
dative ochtapas ochtapais
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-ochtapas na hochtapais
genitive an ochtapais na n-ochtapas
dative leis an ochtapas
don ochtapas 		leis na hochtapais

Derived terms

  • ochtapas adharcach (“horned octopus”)
  • ochtapas beag (“lesser octopus”)
  • ochtapas cluaseiteach (“dumbo octopus”)
  • ochtapas coiteann (“common octopus”)
  • ochtapas gormfháinneach (“blue-ringed octopus”)
  • ochtapas muscach (“musky octopus”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ochtapas
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ochtapas n-ochtapas hochtapas t-ochtapas

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) “ochtapas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “octopus”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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