óclach

Old Irish

Etymology

From óc +‎ -ach, with l by analogy with echlach, midlach.

Noun

óclach f or m

1. A young man (youngest stage of manhood)
2. (by extension) a young warrior, a soldier
3. An attendant, servant, vassal, squire

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	óclachL	óclaigL	óclachaH
vocative	óclachL	óclaigL	óclachaH
accusative	óclaigN	óclaigL	óclachaH
genitive	óclaigeH	óclachL	óclachN
dative	óclaigL	óclachaib	óclachaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	óclach	óclachL	óclaigL
vocative	óclaig	óclachL	óclachuH
accusative	óclachN	óclachL	óclachuH
genitive	óclaigL	óclach	óclachN
dative	óclachL	óclachaib	óclachaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• óclachas (“youth, vigour”)

Descendants

• Irish: óglach
• Scottish Gaelic: òglach

Mutation

Mutation of óclach

radical	lenition	nasalization
óclach (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-óclach

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

References

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