ogha

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit ओघ (ogha).

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 aue, 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

  • ban-ogha (granddaughter)
  • co-ogha (first cousin)
  • dubh-ogha (great-grandson's grandson)
  • fear-ogha (grandson)
  • fionn-ogha (grandchild's grandchild)
  • gar-ogha (grandchild's grandchild)
  • iar-ogha (great-grandchild)
  • ogha peathar is bràthar (second cousins)

Descendants

  • Scots: oe

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
oghan-oghah-oghat-ogha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ogha”, 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), “úa, óa, ó”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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