ógán

See also: ògan and ògàn

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish ócán, from Old Irish óc (young).[1] By surface analysis, óg +‎ -án.

Noun

ógán m (genitive singular ógáin, nominative plural ógáin)

  1. youth, young man

Declension

Declension of ógán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ógán ógáin
vocative a ógáin a ógána
genitive ógáin ógán
dative ógán ógáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-ógán na hógáin
genitive an ógáin na n-ógán
dative leis an ógán
don ógán
leis na hógáin

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ógán
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ógán n-ógán hógán t-ógán

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), “ócán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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