óclach
Old Irish
Etymology
From óc + -ach, with l by analogy with echlach, midlach.
Noun
óclach f or m
- A young man (youngest stage of manhood)
- (by extension) a young warrior, a soldier
- An attendant, servant, vassal
Inflection
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Derived terms
- óclachas (“youth, vigour”)
Descendants
Mutation
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
óclach (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-óclach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “óclach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language