óglach
See also: òglach
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish óclach, from óc (“young”).
Noun
editóglach m (genitive singular óglaigh, nominative plural óglaigh)
- (literary) young man; (young) warrior
- (literary) attendant, servant; vassal
- (military) volunteer
- Óglaigh na hÉireann ― the Irish Volunteers
Declension
editDeclension of óglach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
edit- buanóglach m (“permanent soldier”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
óglach | n-óglach | hóglach | t-óglach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “óglaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 525
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “óclach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language