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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish óice (“youth, youthfulness”), from óc (“young”). By surface analysis, óg + -e). The Middle Irish term superseded an older Old Irish term oítiu.
Noun
óige f (genitive singular óige)
- youth, adolescence
- young people
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
óige
- inflection of óg:
- genitive feminine singular
- comparative degree
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| óige
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n-óige
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hóige
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not applicable
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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) “óige”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “óice”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “óige” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “óige” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 24