See also: echt, Echt, and -echt

Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

écht n (genitive échta, nominative plural échta)

  1. slaying, slaughter, murder

Inflection edit

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 edit

  • Irish: éacht
  • Scottish Gaelic: euchd

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
écht unchanged n-écht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

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

Further reading edit