nocht
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish nocht (“naked, bare, uncovered”), from Proto-Celtic *noxtos (“naked”) (compare Welsh noeth), from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós (compare English naked, German nackt).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
nocht (genitive singular masculine nocht, genitive singular feminine noichte, plural nochta, comparative noichte)
Declension edit
Synonyms edit
- (bare): lom
Derived terms edit
- earrnocht (“naked-tailed”, adjective)
- lomnocht (“stark naked, nude”, adjective)
- nochtach m (“naked person”)
- nochtacht f (“nudity”)
Noun edit
nocht m (genitive singular noicht, nominative plural noicht)
Declension edit
Synonyms edit
- nochtach (“naked person”)
Verb edit
nocht (present analytic nochtann, future analytic nochtfaidh, verbal noun nochtadh, past participle nochta)
- to bare, expose, reveal, uncover
- to strip
- to strip off
- to unveil
- to express
- to disclose
- (photography) to expose
Conjugation edit
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Synonyms edit
- (to strip, strip off): lom
- (to strip off): rúisc, scamh, scoith
- (to voice): cuir in iúl
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “nocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 88
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *noxtos (“naked”) (compare Welsh noeth), from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
nocht
Inflection edit
o/ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | nocht | nocht | nocht |
Vocative | nocht | ||
Accusative | nocht | nocht | |
Genitive | nocht | nochtae | nocht |
Dative | nocht | nocht | nocht |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | nocht | nochta | |
Vocative | nochtu nochta† | ||
Accusative | nochtu nochta† | ||
Genitive | nocht | ||
Dative | nochtaib | ||
Notes | † not when substantivized |
Descendants edit
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
nocht also nnocht after a proclitic |
nocht pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 nocht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scots edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English nought, from Old English nāwiht (“nothing, naught”). More at naught.
Noun edit
nocht (uncountable)
Derived terms edit
- nochtelt (“mean, sneaky”)
- nocht-gainstanding
- nochtie (“good for nothing, insignificant”)
- nochtifee (“to disparage”)
- nochtless (“worthless, of no account”)
Adjective edit
nocht (comparative mair nocht, superlative maist nocht)
Verb edit
nocht (third-person singular simple present nochts, present participle nochtin, simple past nochtit, past participle nochtit)
West Frisian edit
Noun edit
nocht c or n (no plural)
Further reading edit
- “nocht”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011