ochtapas
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Irish
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)
Declension
Declension of ochtapas
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- ochtapas adharcach (“horned octopus”)
- ochtapas beag (“lesser octopus”)
- ochtapas cluaseiteach (“dumbo octopus”)
- ochtapas coiteann (“common octopus”)
- ochtapas gormfháinneach (“blue-ringed octopus”)
- ochtapas muscach (“musky octopus”)
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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ochtapas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “octopus”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024