ógbhean

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Irish

Etymology

PIE word
*gʷḗn

From óg (young) +‎ bean (woman).

Noun

ógbhean f (genitive singular ógmhná, nominative plural ógmhná)

  1. young woman
    Synonym: bean óg
    Antonym: seanbhean
    1. (literary) damsel
      Synonym: cailín
    2. (informal) lassie
      Synonyms: cailín, gearrchaile, girseach

Declension

Mutation

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

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