iocht

See also: -íocht

Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

iocht f or m (genitive singular iochta) (literary)

  1. kindness, clemency; pity, mercy
  2. trust, confidence

Declension

Declension of iocht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative iocht
vocative a iocht
genitive iochta
dative iocht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an iocht
genitive na hiochta
dative leis an iocht
don iocht

Alternative declension:

Declension of iocht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative iocht
vocative a iocht
genitive iochta
dative iocht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-iocht
genitive an iochta
dative leis an iocht
don iocht

Derived terms

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of iocht
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
iocht n-iocht hiocht t-iocht

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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