ochd

Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic numbers ^(edit)

	80[a], [b]
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Cardinal: ochd     Standalone: a h-ochd     Ordinal: ochdamh     Ordinal abbreviation: 8mh     Personal: ochdnar     Multiplier: ochd-fillte

Etymology

From Old Irish ocht, from Proto-Celtic *oxtū, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔxk/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): [oxk], [ʊxk]
• Homophone: uchd (in Lewis)

Numeral

ochd

1. eight

Usage notes

• Without following noun takes the form a h-ochd.

Derived terms

• ochd-chasach
• ochd-oisneach
• ochd-shliosach
• ochd-shlisneach
• ochdad
• ochdamh
• ochdnar

 

Further reading

• MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC