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ogha

ogha

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

ogha m

  1. flood
  2. that which sweeps a man away from emancipation
  3. torrent

Declension


Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish úa, from Proto-Celtic *pavio-s, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂u-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [o.ə]

Noun

ogha m (plural oghachan or oghaichean)

  1. grandchild
  2. nephew

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ogha n-ogha h-ogha t-ogha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
  • úa, óa, ó” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.