OriginFrom Old Irish écht (“slaying, slaughter; slain person; exploit, prowess, deed of valour”), from Proto-Celtic *anxtu (“slaughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥ḱtu, from the root *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”).
- literary, masculinekilling, slaying; slaughter
- literary, masculineslain person; casualty
- masculinefeat, exploit; achievement
Formséachta(genitive, singular) · éachtaí(nominative, plural) · éacht(indefinite, nominative, singular) · éachtaí(indefinite, nominative, plural) · a éacht(indefinite, singular, vocative) · a éachtaí(indefinite, plural, vocative) · éachta(genitive, indefinite, singular) · éachtaí(genitive, indefinite, plural) · éacht(dative, indefinite, singular) · éachtaí(dative, indefinite, plural) · an t-éacht(definite, nominative, singular) · na héachtaí(definite, nominative, plural) · an éachta(definite, genitive, singular) · na n-éachtaí(definite, genitive, plural) · leis an éacht(dative, definite, singular) · don éacht(dative, definite, singular) · leis na héachtaí(dative, definite, plural) · éachta(alternative)
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