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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish ógán + -ach, from Old Irish ócán, from óc (compare óg).
Pronunciation
Noun
ógánach m (genitive singular ógánaigh, nominative plural ógánaigh)
- adolescent, youngster, youth, young man
- crafty person; boyo, trickster
- (law) juvenile, minor
Declension
Synonyms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| ógánach
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n-ógánach
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hógánach
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t-ógánach
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ógánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ócán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ógánach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ógánach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “ógánach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024