ògan

See also: ógán and ògàn

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish ócán, from Old Irish óc (“young”).

Noun

ògan m (genitive singular ògain, plural òganan)

  1. young branch
  2. twig, tendril
  3. seedling, sapling, shoot
  4. germ
  5. youngster (male)

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutation of ògan
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ògan n-ògan h-ògan t-ògan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ògan”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ócán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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