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 Case Singular Plural Nominative ógbhean ógmhná Vocative a ógbhean a ógmhná Genitive ógmhná ógbhan Dative ógbhean ógmhnaoi (archaic, dialectal) ógmhná

Forms with the definite article Case 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ógbhean	n-ógbhean	hógbhean	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ógbhean”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ógbhean”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ógbhean”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN