See also: óglach

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish óclach, from óc (young).

Noun

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òglach m (genitive singular òglaich, plural òglaich)

  1. youth (male)
  2. cadet
  3. (dated) lad, manservant

Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
òglach n-òglach h-òglach t-òglach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “òglach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “óclach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language