óglach

See also: òglach

Irish

Alternative forms

• óglách, óglaoch

Etymology

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

Noun

óglach m (genitive singular óglaigh, nominative plural óglaigh)

1. (literary) young man; (young) warrior
2. (literary) attendant, servant; vassal
3. (military) volunteer

   Óglaigh na hÉireann ― the Irish Volunteers

Declension

Declension of óglach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative óglach óglaigh Vocative a óglaigh a óglacha Genitive óglaigh óglach Dative óglach óglaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-óglach na hóglaigh Genitive an óglaigh na n-óglach Dative leis an óglach don óglach leis na hóglaigh

Derived terms

• buanóglach m (“permanent soldier”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “óglaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 525
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “óclach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language