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óclach
óclach
Old Irish
Noun
óclach f, m
- A young man (youngest stage of manhood)
- (by extension) a young warrior, a soldier
- An attendant, servant, vassal
Inflection
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
- óclachas (“youth, vigour”)
Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| óclach | unchanged | n-óclach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “óclach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.