óclach

Old Irish

Etymology

From óc +‎ -ach, with l by analogy with echlach, midlach.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈoːɡlax]

Noun

óclach f or m

young man (youngest stage of manhood)
(by extension) young warrior, soldier
attendant, servant, vassal, squire

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	óclach^L	óclaig^L	óclacha^H
vocative	óclach^L	óclaig^L	óclacha^H
accusative	óclaig^N	óclaig^L	óclacha^H
genitive	óclaige^H	óclach^L	óclach^N
dative	óclaig^L	óclachaib	óclachaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	óclach	óclach^L	óclaig^L
vocative	óclaig	óclach^L	óclachu^H
accusative	óclach^N	óclach^L	óclachu^H
genitive	óclaig^L	óclach	óclach^N
dative	óclach^L	óclachaib	óclachaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

óclachas (“youth, vigour”)

Descendants

Irish: óglach
Scottish Gaelic: òglach

Mutation

Mutation of *óclach*
radical	lenition	nasalization
óclach (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	óclach	n-óclach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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