ochtapas

Irish

ochtapas

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: Case Singular Plural Nominative ochtapas ochtapais Vocative a ochtapais a ochtapasa Genitive ochtapais ochtapas Dative ochtapas ochtapais

Forms with the definite article: Case 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ochtapas	n-ochtapas	hochtapas	t-ochtapas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ochtapas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “octopus”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024