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

Mutated forms of óglach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
óglach	n-óglach	hóglach	t-óglach

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

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