ògan

See also: ógán and ògàn

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish ógán, from Old Irish ócán, from óc (“young”).

Noun

ògan m (genitive singular ògain, plural òganan)

  1. young branch
  2. twig, tendril
  3. seedling, sapling, shoot
  4. germ
  5. youngster (male)

Synonyms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ògann-òganh-ògant-ògan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ògan”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ócán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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