otracht

Irish

Alternative forms

  • otráil, otraíocht

Etymology

From otair (“gross, filthy; vulgar; obese”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

otracht f (genitive singular otrachta)

  1. grossness, filthiness
  2. (pathology) obesity
    Synonyms: beathaitheacht, cothaitheacht, foircheas, foircheasacht, murtall

Declension

Declension of otracht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative otracht
vocative a otracht
genitive otrachta
dative otracht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an otracht
genitive na hotrachta
dative leis an otracht
don otracht
  • otrachán m (“dirty, vulgar, person”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of otracht
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
otracht n-otracht hotracht 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) “otracht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “otracht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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