óglachas

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See also: òglachas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish óclachas m (the age of manhood; manly vigour, valour, quality or functions of a warrior; service, vassalage; name of a late kind of verse), from óclach m (young man; young warrior; warrior, soldier; attendant, servant, vassal).

Noun

óglachas m (genitive singular óglachais) (archaic)

  1. (state of) manhood
  2. manly vigour
  3. warriorhood; armed service
  4. service, vassalage
  5. (prosody) a style of verse (loose metre)

Declension

Declension of óglachas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative óglachas
vocative a óglachais
genitive óglachais
dative óglachas
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an t-óglachas
genitive an óglachais
dative leis an óglachas
don óglachas

Mutation

Mutated forms of óglachas
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
óglachas n-óglachas hóglachas t-óglachas

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

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