óg

See also: Appendix:Variations of "og"

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /oːɡ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɔːɡ/

Adjective

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

1. young
2. junior, minor
3. new, fresh, early

Declension

Declension of óg

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	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

• buachaill óg (“young man; bridegroom”)
• ógánach
• ógfhear
• óige

Descendants

• → Fingallian: oge

Noun

óg m (genitive singular óig, nominative plural óga)

1. young person, youth
2. young (of animals)

Declension

Declension of óg (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative óg óga vocative a óig a óga genitive óig óg dative óg óga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-óg na hóga genitive an óig na n-óg dative leis an óg don óg leis na hóga

Derived terms

• Tír na nÓg

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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “óg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “óc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 21

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adverb

óg

1. Misspelling of òg.