ocht1, num. s. & a. Eight. 1. m. (gs. ~, pl. ~anna).(a) (In counting; usually preceded by particle a. See a3)A h~, eight. A h~ déag, eighteen. Fiche a h~, a h~ is fiche, twenty-eight. Céad (is) a h~, one hundred and eight. A h~ is a h~, eight and eight. (A) h~ nó (a)naoi de thithe, eight or nine houses. A h~ a chlog, eight o’clock. Caibidil a h~, chapter eight. (b)Trí ~, three eights. Faoi ~, eight times, eightfold. (c)Cuir isteach an t-~ ina dhiaidh, insert the (figure) eight after it. An t-~ muileata, the eight of diamonds. Roinn ina n-ochtanna iad, divide them into eights. 2. (Followed by sg. or pl. of noun and pl. of adj.; eclipses) ~ gcaora, n-uan, eight sheep, lambs. ~ n-uaire déag, eighteen times. ~ mbliana is daichead, forty-eight years. ~ gcéad duine, eight hundred persons. Na h~ n-úll ghlasa, the eight green apples.