nocht

See also: nòcht

Irish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /n̪ˠɔxt̪ˠ/

Adjective

nocht (genitive singular masculine nocht, genitive singular feminine noichte, plural nochta, comparative noichte)

1. bare, naked
2. exposed

Declension

Declension of nocht

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	nocht	nocht	nochta
Vocative	nocht		nochta
Genitive		noichte	nochta	nocht
Dative	nocht	nocht	nochta
Comparative	níos noichte
Superlative	is noichte

Synonyms

• (bare): lom

Derived terms

• earrnocht (“naked-tailed”, adjective)
• lomnocht (“stark naked, nude”, adjective)
• nochtach m (“naked person”)
• nochtacht f (“nudity”)

Noun

nocht m (genitive singular noicht, nominative plural noicht)

1. naked person
2. (art) nude

Declension

Declension of nocht

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative nocht noicht Vocative a noicht a nochta Genitive noicht nocht Dative nocht noicht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an nocht na noicht Genitive an noicht na nocht Dative leis an nocht don nocht leis na noicht

Synonyms

• nochtach (“naked person”)

Verb

nocht (present analytic nochtann, future analytic nochtfaidh, verbal noun nochtadh, past participle nochta)

1. to bare, expose, reveal, uncover
2. to strip
3. to strip off
4. to unveil
5. to express
6. to disclose
7. (photography) to expose

Conjugation

conjugation of nocht (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	nochtaim	nochtann tú; nochtair†	nochtann sé, sí	nochtaimid	nochtann sibh	nochtann siad; nochtaid†	a nochtann; a nochtas	nochtar
	past	nocht mé; nochtas	nocht tú; nochtais	nocht sé, sí	nochtamar; nocht muid	nocht sibh; nochtabhair	nocht siad; nochtadar	a nocht / ar nocht*	nochtadh
	past habitual	nochtainn	nochtá	nochtadh sé, sí	nochtaimis; nochtadh muid	nochtadh sibh	nochtaidís; nochtadh siad	a nochtadh / a nochtadh*	nochtaí
future		nochtfaidh mé; nochtfad	nochtfaidh tú; nochtfair†	nochtfaidh sé, sí	nochtfaimid; nochtfaidh muid	nochtfaidh sibh	nochtfaidh siad; nochtfaid†	a nochtfaidh; a nochtfas	nochtfar
conditional		nochtfainn	nochtfá	nochtfadh sé, sí	nochtfaimis; nochtfadh muid	nochtfadh sibh	nochtfaidís; nochtfadh siad	a nochtfadh / a nochtfadh*	nochtfaí
subjunctive	present	go nochta mé; go nochtad†	go nochta tú; go nochtair†	go nochta sé, sí	go nochtaimid; go nochta muid	go nochta sibh	go nochta siad; go nochtaid†	—	go nochtar
	past	dá nochtainn	dá nochtá	dá nochtadh sé, sí	dá nochtaimis; dá nochtadh muid	dá nochtadh sibh	dá nochtaidís; dá nochtadh siad	—	dá nochtaí
imperative		nochtaim	nocht	nochtadh sé, sí	nochtaimis	nochtaigí; nochtaidh†	nochtaidís	—	nochtar
verbal noun		nochtadh
past participle		nochta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

Synonyms

• (to strip, strip off): lom
• (to strip off): rúisc, scamh, scoith
• (to voice): cuir in iúl

Further reading

• 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

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *noxtos (“naked”) (compare Welsh noeth), from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n͈oxt/

Adjective

nocht

1. naked, bare, uncovered

Inflection

o/ā-stem
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

• Irish: nocht
• Scottish Gaelic: nochd

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
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

• 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

Alternative forms

• noucht, noght, nought, noch, nouch

Etymology

From Middle English nought, from Old English nāwiht (“nothing, naught”). More at naught.

Noun

nocht (uncountable)

1. nothing, nought or naught

Derived terms

Derived terms

• nochtelt (“mean, sneaky”)
• nocht-gainstanding
• nochtie (“good for nothing, insignificant”)
• nochtifee (“to disparage”)
• nochtless (“worthless, of no account”)

Adjective

nocht (comparative mair nocht, superlative maist nocht)

1. worthless, good for nothing

Verb

nocht (third-person singular simple present nochts, present participle nochtin, simple past nochtit, past participle nochtit)

1. to hold in contempt, disparage

West Frisian

Noun

nocht c or n (no plural)

1. enough
2. pleasure, fun

Further reading

• “nocht”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011