óglachas

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) (state of) manhood
(archaic) manly vigour
(archaic) warriorhood; armed service
(archaic) service, vassalage
(archaic, prosody) a style of verse (loose metre)

Declension

Declension of óglachas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

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

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

References

"óglachas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“óclachas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“óglachas” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.