indecl. num. adj.
eight
. As adj., eclipses the initial of a
follg. subst.:
ocht n-aisli,
Corm. Y 447.
ocht n-aimsera,
PH
6892
.
o.¤ mbíastai,
FA 21
(
LU 2147
).
o.¤ ngemma,
FB 51
(
LU
8675
).
oct ṅdelbae ┐ oct ṅgné,
Sg. 166a1
.
ocht nduirn,
Laws
ii 238.10
.
o.¤ clettíni,
TBC-LL¹ 2556.
iar forba ocht láa,
PH 5658.
o.¤ penginde,
3213
.
o.¤ sillaba,
Corm. Y 447.
With art.: na
hocht coire chenna the eight capital sins,
PH 8033.
celebrait
na ocht trath,
FA 7
(
LU 2010
) = na hocht tratha, LB.
na
hocht sailm,
Hib. Min. 4.125
. huanaib oct-sa from these eight
(words),
Sg. 90b8
. Absol.:
cis lir lanamna docuisin la Feine?
A ocht,
Laws ii 344.2
(=
Stud. in E. Ir. Law 3.10
). a ocht
deac ar chét (gl. cxviii),
BCr. 32d2
. a hocht déc eighteen,
MacCarthy 186 § 1.
ocht ṁbliadna sescat
sixty-eight
,
SR 2257.
Multiplying a follg. numeral:
ocht fichti,
TBC-LL¹ 4944.
ocht cét
laéch,
CRR 48.
dá ṅ-ocht cét (= 1600),
Fél. June 22
. In
dates: i n-ocht Kalaind Mái the eighth day before the Kalends of
May,
PH 1438.
i n-ocht Id Enair (i.e. January 6),
6920
.
Used in compds. (a) with noun, chiefly in names of metres:
¤bricht,
IT iii 98 § 159.
¤chasbairdne,
89 § 115.
¤fichtech pertaining to the number 28; having 28 parts:
ocht-fhichtech é, muna bisex in bliadhain, ocus mad bliadhain bisex is nai-fhichtech,
MR 112y
(of the zodiacal sign Aquarius).
acht ginmótha oct-fichtech Feabra nama,
MR 108.12
.
¤ḟochlach,
IT iii 57 § 108
.
¤randaigecht,
80 § 54.
¤rindaird,
90 § 123.
¤slisiu:
sleg ochtshlision 'a spear made from eight splittings of wood',
BDC 106.44
.
(b) generally with adjs. derived from nouns:
¤c[h]obradach
`eight-bossed' (of a shield),
CCath. 5313.
¤slisnech:
do ochts[h]lisnig úindsend,
MacCongl. 95.24
(as subst.).
¤
tairrngech (epithet of a steed),
IGT Dec. ex. 730.
¤tédach
having eight strings; as subst. ā, f. used of a musical stringed
instrument:
tall a ochttedaich mbic chuicci,
ZCP v 500.10
.