òganach

See also: ógánach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From ògan +‎ -ach, from Middle Irish ócán, from Old Irish óc (“young”).[1] Compare Irish ógánach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔːkanəx/

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

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

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ócán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “òganach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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