ógánach

See also: òganach

Irish

Alternative forms

• ógán

Etymology

From Middle Irish ógán + -ach, from Old Irish ócán, from óc (compare óg).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /oːˈɡɑːnˠəx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈoːɡɑːnˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːɡænˠa(h)/

Noun

ógánach m (genitive singular ógánaigh, nominative plural ógánaigh)

1. adolescent, youngster, youth, young man
2. crafty person; boyo, trickster
3. (law) juvenile, minor

Declension

Declension of ógánach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ógánach ógánaigh vocative a ógánaigh a ógánacha genitive ógánaigh ógánach dative ógánach ógánaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-ógánach na hógánaigh genitive an ógánaigh na n-ógánach dative leis an ógánach don ógánach leis na hógánaigh

Synonyms

• (adolescent): déagóir
• (youth): aosánach, buachaill, giolla, macaomh

Mutation

Mutated forms of ógánach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ógánach	n-ógánach	hógánach	t-ógánach

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) “ógánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ócán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ógánach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ógánach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ógánach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025