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*
Positive	singular		plural
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)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	dochtaim	dochtann tú; dochtair^†	dochtann sé, sí	dochtaimid; dochtann muid	dochtann sibh	dochtann siad; dochtaid^†	a dhochtann; a dhochtas	dochtar
past	dhocht mé; dhochtas	dhocht tú; dhochtais	dhocht sé, sí	dhochtamar; dhocht muid	dhocht sibh; dhochtabhair	dhocht siad; dhochtadar	a dhocht	dochtadh
past habitual	dhochtainn / dochtainn^‡	dhochtá / dochtá^‡	dhochtadh sé, sí / dochtadh sé, sí^‡	dhochtaimis; dhochtadh muid / dochtaimis^‡; dochtadh muid^‡	dhochtadh sibh / dochtadh sibh^‡	dhochtaidís; dhochtadh siad / dochtaidís^‡; dochtadh siad^‡	a dhochtadh	dhochtaí / dochtaí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	dochtfaidh mé; dochtfad	dochtfaidh tú; dochtfair^†	dochtfaidh sé, sí	dochtfaimid; dochtfaidh muid	dochtfaidh sibh	dochtfaidh siad; dochtfaid^†	a dhochtfaidh; a dhochtfas	dochtfar
conditional	dhochtfainn / dochtfainn^‡	dhochtfá / dochtfá^‡	dhochtfadh sé, sí / dochtfadh sé, sí^‡	dhochtfaimis; dhochtfadh muid / dochtfaimis^‡; dochtfadh muid^‡	dhochtfadh sibh / dochtfadh sibh^‡	dhochtfaidís; dhochtfadh siad / dochtfaidís^‡; dochtfadh siad^‡	a dhochtfadh	dhochtfaí / dochtfaí^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
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
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	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	dochtaim	docht	dochtadh sé, sí	dochtaimis	dochtaigí; dochtaidh^†	dochtaidís	—	dochtar

past participle	dochta

verbal noun	dochtadh

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

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
	singular
nominative	docht
vocative	a dhocht
genitive	dochta
dative	docht

forms with the definite article
	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

Scots

Noun

docht

dought