ochlán

Irish

Alternative forms

• achlán

Etymology

From Old Irish uchlán, achlán, ochlán (“sigh, groan”).

Noun

ochlán m (genitive singular ochláin, nominative plural ochláin)

1. sigh, groan
2. (act of) sighing, groaning, moaning, wailing
3. cause of sorrow, calamity

Declension

Declension of ochlán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ochlán ochláin Vocative a ochláin a ochlána Genitive ochláin ochlán Dative ochlán ochláin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-ochlán na hochláin Genitive an ochláin na n-ochlán Dative leis an ochlán don ochlán leis na hochláin

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ochlán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uchlán, achlán, ochlán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ochlán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ochlán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024