ochtapas

Irish
ochtapas

Etymology

Borrowed from English octopus, from Ancient Greek ὀκτώπους (oktṓpous), with influence from the native word ocht (“eight”).

Noun

ochtapas m (genitive singular ochtapais, nominative plural ochtapais)

  1. octopus

Declension
Declension of ochtapas

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ochtapas ochtapais
Vocative a ochtapais a ochtapasa
Genitive ochtapais ochtapas
Dative ochtapas ochtapais

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-ochtapas na hochtapais
Genitive an ochtapais na n-ochtapas
Dative leis an ochtapas

don ochtapas

 leis na hochtapais

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ochtapas n-ochtapas hochtapas t-ochtapas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ochtapas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “octopus”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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