ochd

Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : ochd
    Ordinal : ochdamh

Etymology

From Old Irish ocht, from Proto-Celtic *oxtū, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔxk/

Numeral

ochd

  1. eight

Usage notes

  • Without following noun takes the form a h-ochd.

Derived terms

References

  • A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Complied by Malcolm MacLennan)
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