òglach

See also: óglach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish óclach, from óc (“young”).

Noun

òglach m (genitive singular òglaich, plural òglaich)

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

Mutation

Mutation of òglach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
òglach	n-òglach	h-òglach	t-òglach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• 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