ochtapas

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

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

• "ochtapas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “octopus” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.