óclachas

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • ócláchus

Etymology

From óclach +‎ -as.

Noun

óclachas m (genitive óclachsa)

  1. The condition of being an óclach: hence,
    1. the age of manhood, the prime of life
      • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 44c26
        .i. sechis ho oclachas ón cenid ed as chetnae náis in homine
        that is, from adolescence, although it is not that that is the first age in homine.
    2. manly vigour; valour; quality of a warrior
    3. service, vassalage

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative óclachas — —
vocative óclachas — —
accusative óclachasN — —
genitive óclachsoH, óclachsaH — —
dative óclachasL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: óclachas

Mutation

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

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

References

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