olagón

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

olagón m (genitive singular olagóin, nominative plural olagóin)

1. (act of) wailing; wail; dirge, lament

   Synonyms: éagaoineadh, ochlán

Declension

Declension of olagón (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative olagón olagóin vocative a olagóin a olagóna genitive olagóin olagón dative olagón olagóin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-olagón na holagóin genitive an olagóin na n-olagón dative leis an olagón don olagón leis na holagóin

Derived terms

• Leabhar na nOlagón m, Olagóin m pl (“Lamentations”)
• olagónach (“wailing, lamenting”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of olagón

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
olagón	n-olagón	holagón	t-olagón

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “olagón”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “olagón”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “olagón”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024