docht

See also: Docht

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

docht

1. 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)

1. tight, close
2. stiff, rigid
3. strict, hard

Declension

Declension of docht

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	docht	dhocht	dochta; dhochta2
vocative	dhocht		dochta
genitive		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)

1. (transitive) tighten, bind securely

Conjugation

conjugation of docht (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
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 / ndochtᇇ	dhochtadh sé, sí / ndochtadh sé, s퇇	dhochtaimis; dhochtadh muid / ndochtaimis‡‡; ndochtadh muid‡‡	dhochtadh sibh / ndochtadh sibh‡‡	dhochtaidís; dhochtadh siad / ndochtaidís‡‡; ndochtadh siad‡‡	a dhochtadh / a ndochtadh*	dhochtaí / ndochta퇇
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 / ndochtfᇇ	dhochtfadh sé, sí / ndochtfadh sé, s퇇	dhochtfaimis; dhochtfadh muid / ndochtfaimis‡‡; ndochtfadh muid‡‡	dhochtfadh sibh / ndochtfadh sibh‡‡	dhochtfaidís; dhochtfadh siad / ndochtfaidís‡‡; ndochtfadh siad‡‡	a dhochtfadh / a ndochtfadh*	dhochtfaí / ndochtfa퇇
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
	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)

1. 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