ógbhean

Irish

Etymology

PIE word
*gʷḗn

From óg (“young”) +‎ bean (“woman”).

Noun

ógbhean f (genitive singular ógmhná, nominative plural ógmhná)

  1. young woman
    Synonym: bean óg
    Antonym: seanbhean
    1. (literary) damsel
      Synonym: cailín
    2. (informal) lassie
      Synonyms: cailín, gearrchaile, girseach

Declension

Declension of ógbhean (irregular)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ógbhean ógmhná
vocative a ógbhean a ógmhná
genitive ógmhná ógbhan
dative ógbhean
ógmhnaoi (archaic, dialectal) 		ógmhná
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ógbhean na hógmhná
genitive na hógmhná na n-ógbhan
dative leis an ógbhean
leis an ógmhnaoi (archaic, dialectal)
don ógbhean
don ógmhnaoi (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na hógmhná

Mutation

Mutated forms of ógbhean
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ógbhean n-ógbhean hógbhean not applicable

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

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