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nocht
nocht
Irish
Adjective
nocht (genitive singular masculine nocht, genitive singular feminine noichte, plural nochta, comparative noichte)
Declension
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | nocht | nocht¹ | nochta³ | |
| Vocative | nocht¹ | nocht¹ | nochta | |
| Genitive | nocht¹ | noichte | nochta | nocht |
| Dative | nocht² | nocht¹ | nochta³ | |
| Comparative | noichte | |||
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
- (bare): lom
Derived terms
Noun
nocht m (genitive singular noicht, nominative plural noicht)
- naked person
- (art) nude
Declension
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
- nochtach (“naked person”)
Verb
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
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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| 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 / 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 / ar nochtadh* |
nochtaí | |
| future | nochtfaidh mé; nochtfad |
nochtfaidh tú; nochtfair† |
nochtfaidh sé, sí | nochtfaimid; nochtfaidh muid |
nochtfaidh sibh | nochtfaidh siad; nochtfaid† |
a nochtfaidh; a nochtfas / a nochtfaidh*; a nochtfas* |
nochtfar | |
| conditional | nochtfainn | nochtfá | nochtfadh sé, sí | nochtfaimis; nochtfadh muid | nochtfadh sibh | nochtfaidís; nochtfadh siad | a nochtfadh / ar 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
† Dialect form
Synonyms
- (to strip, strip off): lom
- (to strip off): rúisc, scamh, scoith
- (to voice): cuir in iúl
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n͈oxt/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *noxtos (“naked”) (compare Welsh noeth), from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós.
Adjective
nocht
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-Celtic *noxs, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.
Noun
nocht f (genitive unattested, no plural)
- (archaic) night
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| nocht also nnocht after a proclitic |
nocht pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/ |
nocht also nnocht after a proclitic |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Scots
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English noght, from Old English nāht (“nothing, naught”). More at naught.
Noun
nocht (uncountable)
Derived terms
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Adjective
nocht (comparative mair nocht, superlative maist nocht)
Verb
nocht (third-person singular present nochts, present participle nochtin, past nochtit, past participle nochtit)