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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

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

óclachas ‎(“youth, vigour”)

Descendants

Irish: óglach
Scottish Gaelic: òglach

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
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.