icht

German

Etymology

From Middle High German iht, icht, ieht, from Old High German iowiht. Cognate with Dutch iet, English aught.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪçt/

Pronoun

icht (genitive ichts or ichtes, dative icht or ichte)

1. (obsolete) something

Further reading

• “icht” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

Middle Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ixʲt̠ʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish icht, from Proto-Celtic *yextis (“language”), from Proto-Indo-European *yek- (“to utter”).

Noun

icht m

1. tribe, race

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “? 3 icht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

Noun

icht m

1. mercy, pity

Descendants

• Irish: iocht
• Scottish Gaelic: iochd

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 icht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 3

From Old Irish icht, possibly from Latin ictus (“blow, stroke”)

Noun

icht m

1. deed, act

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 icht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Mutation

Mutation of icht

radical	lenition	nasalization
icht (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-icht

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

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈixʲt̠ʲ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *yextis (“language”), from Proto-Indo-European *yek- (“to utter”).

Noun

icht m

1. tribe, race

Descendants

• Middle Irish: icht

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “? 3 icht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

Possibly from Latin ictus (“blow, stroke”)

Noun

icht m

1. deed, act

Descendants

• Middle Irish: icht

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 icht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Mutation

Mutation of icht

radical	lenition	nasalization
icht (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	icht	n-icht

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