òganach

See also: ógánach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish ógán + -ach, from Old Irish ócán, from óc (“young”).

Noun

òganach m (genitive singular òganaich, plural òganaich)

  1. young man, youth
  2. youngster, stripling, adolescent (male)
  3. minor
  4. bough, branch, twig

Synonyms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
òganachn-òganachh-òganacht-òganach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “òganach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ócán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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