iocht

iocht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish icht (“kindness, clemency, trust, confidence”).

Noun

iocht f or m (genitive singular iochta)

1. (literary) kindness, clemency; pity, mercy
2. (literary) trust, confidence

Declension

Declension of iocht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative iocht Vocative a iocht Genitive iochta Dative iocht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an iocht Genitive na hiochta Dative leis an iocht don iocht

Alternative declension:

Declension of iocht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative iocht Vocative a iocht Genitive iochta Dative iocht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-iocht Genitive an iochta Dative leis an iocht don iocht

Derived terms

• iochtmhar, iochtúil (“kind, clement, merciful”, adjective)

Mutation

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

References

• “1 icht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.