docht

See also: Docht

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

docht

singular past indicative of dunken

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [d̪ˠɔxt̪ˠ]

Etymology 1

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Adjective

docht (genitive singular masculine docht, genitive singular feminine doichte, plural dochta, comparative doichte)

Declension

Declension of *docht*
	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	docht	dhocht	dochta; dhochta²
vocative	dhocht	dhocht	dochta
genitive	dhocht	doichte	dochta	docht
dative	docht; dhocht¹	dhocht	dochta; dhochta²
Comparative	níos doichte
Superlative	is doichte

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

neamhdhocht (“nonrigid”, adjective)

Verb

docht (present analytic dochtann, future analytic dochtfaidh, verbal noun dochtadh, past participle dochta)

(transitive) tighten, bind securely

Conjugation

conjugation of docht (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	dochtaim	dochtann tú; dochtair^†	dochtann sé, sí	dochtaimid	dochtann sibh	dochtann siad; dochtaid^†	a dhochtann; a dhochtas / a ndochtann*	dochtar
	past	dhocht mé; dhochtas	dhocht tú; dhochtais	dhocht sé, sí	dhochtamar; dhocht muid	dhocht sibh; dhochtabhair	dhocht siad; dhochtadar	a dhocht / ar dhocht*	dochtadh
	past habitual	dhochtainn / ndochtainn‡‡	dhochtá / ndochtá‡‡	dhochtadh sé, sí / ndochtadh sé, sí‡‡	dhochtaimis; dhochtadh muid / ndochtaimis‡‡; ndochtadh muid‡‡	dhochtadh sibh / ndochtadh sibh‡‡	dhochtaidís; dhochtadh siad / ndochtaidís‡‡; ndochtadh siad‡‡	a dhochtadh / a ndochtadh*	dhochtaí / ndochtaí‡‡
future		dochtfaidh mé; dochtfad	dochtfaidh tú; dochtfair^†	dochtfaidh sé, sí	dochtfaimid; dochtfaidh muid	dochtfaidh sibh	dochtfaidh siad; dochtfaid^†	a dhochtfaidh; a dhochtfas / a ndochtfaidh*	dochtfar
conditional		dhochtfainn / ndochtfainn‡‡	dhochtfá / ndochtfá‡‡	dhochtfadh sé, sí / ndochtfadh sé, sí‡‡	dhochtfaimis; dhochtfadh muid / ndochtfaimis‡‡; ndochtfadh muid‡‡	dhochtfadh sibh / ndochtfadh sibh‡‡	dhochtfaidís; dhochtfadh siad / ndochtfaidís‡‡; ndochtfadh siad‡‡	a dhochtfadh / a ndochtfadh*	dhochtfaí / ndochtfaí‡‡
subjunctive	present	go ndochta mé; go ndochtad^†	go ndochta tú; go ndochtair^†	go ndochta sé, sí	go ndochtaimid; go ndochta muid	go ndochta sibh	go ndochta siad; go ndochtaid^†	—	go ndochtar
subjunctive	past	dá ndochtainn	dá ndochtá	dá ndochtadh sé, sí	dá ndochtaimis; dá ndochtadh muid	dá ndochtadh sibh	dá ndochtaidís; dá ndochtadh siad	—	dá ndochtaí
imperative		dochtaim	docht	dochtadh sé, sí	dochtaimis	dochtaigí; dochtaidh^†	dochtaidís	—	dochtar
verbal noun		dochtadh
past participle		dochta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Etymology 2

Noun

docht m (genitive singular dochta)

Alternative form of tocht (“stoppage, obstruction; emotional catch; deep emotion”)

Declension

Declension of docht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms
case	singular
nominative	docht
vocative	a dhocht
genitive	dochta
dative	docht

forms with the definite article
case	singular
nominative	an docht
genitive	an dochta
dative	leis an docht don docht

Mutation

Mutated forms of *docht*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
docht	dhocht	ndocht

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

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “docht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN