nocht
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editAdjective
editnocht (genitive singular masculine nocht, genitive singular feminine noichte, plural nochta, comparative noichte)
Declension
editSynonyms
edit- (bare): lom
Derived terms
edit- earrnocht (“naked-tailed”, adjective)
- lomnocht (“stark naked, nude”, adjective)
- nochtach m (“naked person”)
- nochtacht f (“nudity”)
Noun
editnocht m (genitive singular noicht, nominative plural noicht)
Declension
editSynonyms
edit- nochtach (“naked person”)
Verb
editnocht (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
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *noxtos (“naked”) (compare Welsh noeth), from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editnocht
Inflection
edito/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
editMutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
nocht also nnocht after a proclitic ending in a vowel |
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- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 nocht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scots
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English nought, from Old English nāwiht (“nothing, naught”). More at naught.
Noun
editnocht (uncountable)
Derived terms
edit- nochtelt (“mean, sneaky”)
- nocht-gainstanding
- nochtie (“good for nothing, insignificant”)
- nochtifee (“to disparage”)
- nochtless (“worthless, of no account”)
Adjective
editnocht (comparative mair nocht, superlative maist nocht)
Verb
editnocht (third-person singular simple present nochts, present participle nochtin, simple past nochtit, past participle nochtit)
West Frisian
editNoun
editnocht c or n (no plural)
Further reading
edit- “nocht”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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