óg

See also: Appendix:Variations of "og"

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish óc (compare Scottish Gaelic òg),[1] from Proto-Celtic *yuwankos (compare Welsh ieuanc), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuHn̥ḱós (compare English young).

Pronunciation

Adjective

óg (genitive singular masculine óig, genitive singular feminine óige, plural óga, comparative óige)

  1. young
  2. junior, minor
  3. new, fresh, early
  4. (nominalized, masculine) young person, youth
  5. (nominalized, masculine) young (of animals)

Declension

Declension of óg
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative óg óg óga
vocative óig óga
genitive óige óga óg
dative óg óg;
óig (archaic) 		óga
Comparative níos óige
Superlative is óige

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Fingallian: oge

Mutation

Mutated forms of óg
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
óg n-óg hóg t-óg

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “óc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 38, page 21

Further reading

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adverb

óg

  1. misspelling of òg

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [oːɣ]

Adjective

óg

  1. whole, entire
  2. untouched, intact
  3. (nominalized, neuter) the whole
  4. (nominalized, feminine) virgin

Declension

o/ā-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative óg óg óg
vocative óig*
óg**
accusative óg óig
genitive óig óga, óge óig
dative óg óig óg
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative óig óga
vocative ógu
óga†
accusative ógu
óga†
genitive óg
dative ógaib

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Descendants

Mutation

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

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

Further reading

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