tacht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tachtaid.

Pronunciation

Verb

tacht (present analytic tachtann, future analytic tachtfaidh, verbal noun tachtadh, past participle tachta)

  1. (transitive) to choke, strangle
    Synonym: plúch

Usage notes

The Irish verb is transitive; the intransitive English senses of “choke, strangle” must be translated using a passive or impersonal construction, such as Tá sé á thachtadh (“He is choking”), Tachtadh iad (“They (were) strangled”), or by making the thing on which the person choked the subject of the sentence, as Thacht cnámh í (“She choked on a bone”, literally “A bone choked her”).

Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present tachtaim tachtann tú;
tachtair†		 tachtann sé, sí tachtaimid tachtann sibh tachtann siad;
tachtaid†		 a thachtann; a thachtas /
a dtachtann*; a dtachtas*		 tachtar
past thacht mé; thachtas thacht tú; thachtais thacht sé, sí thachtamar; thacht muid thacht sibh; thachtabhair thacht siad; thachtadar a thacht /
ar thacht*		 tachtadh
past habitual thachtainn / dtachtainn‡‡ thachtá / dtachtᇇ thachtadh sé, sí / dtachtadh sé, s퇇 thachtaimis; thachtadh muid / dtachtaimis‡‡; dtachtadh muid‡‡ thachtadh sibh / dtachtadh sibh‡‡ thachtaidís; thachtadh siad / dtachtaidís‡‡; dtachtadh siad‡‡ a thachtadh /
a dtachtadh*		 thachtaí / dtachta퇇
future tachtfaidh mé;
tachtfad		 tachtfaidh tú;
tachtfair†		 tachtfaidh sé, sí tachtfaimid;
tachtfaidh muid		 tachtfaidh sibh tachtfaidh siad;
tachtfaid†		 a thachtfaidh; a thachtfas /
a dtachtfaidh*; a dtachtfas*		 tachtfar
conditional thachtfainn / dtachtfainn‡‡ thachtfá / dtachtfᇇ thachtfadh sé, sí / dtachtfadh sé, s퇇 thachtfaimis; thachtfadh muid / dtachtfaimis‡‡; dtachtfadh muid‡‡ thachtfadh sibh / dtachtfadh sibh‡‡ thachtfaidís; thachtfadh siad / dtachtfaidís‡‡; dtachtfadh siad‡‡ a thachtfadh /
a dtachtfadh*		 thachtfaí / dtachtfa퇇
subjunctive present go dtachta mé;
go dtachtad†		 go dtachta tú;
go dtachtair†		 go dtachta sé, sí go dtachtaimid;
go dtachta muid		 go dtachta sibh go dtachta siad;
go dtachtaid†		 — go dtachtar
past dá dtachtainn dá dtachtá dá dtachtadh sé, sí dá dtachtaimis;
dá dtachtadh muid		 dá dtachtadh sibh dá dtachtaidís;
dá dtachtadh siad		 — dá dtachtaí
imperative tachtaim tacht tachtadh sé, sí tachtaimis tachtaigí;
tachtaidh†		 tachtaidís — tachtar
verbal noun tachtadh
past participle tachta

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tacht thacht dtacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scots

Alternative forms
  • taght

Etymology

From Middle English taught, toȝt (“tight, distended”). Cognate with English taut.

Adjective

tacht

  1. Tight; tense; close; stretched out; tightened.
  2. (of persons) Strict; severe.

Derived terms
  • tachten (to tighten)
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