ócán

Middle Irish

Etymology

óc (“young”) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoːɡaːn/

Noun

ócán m (genitive ócáin, nominative plural ócáin)

1. youth, young man

Derived terms

• *ócanach
  • Irish: ógánach
  • Scottish Gaelic: òganach

Descendants

• Irish: ógán
• Manx: aegan
• Scottish Gaelic: ògan

Mutation

Mutation of ócán

radical	lenition	nasalization
ócán	unchanged	n-ócán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ócán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language