óclachas

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• ócláchus

Etymology

From óclach +‎ -as.

Noun

óclachas m (genitive óclachsa)

1. The condition of being an óclach: hence,
   1. the age of manhood, the prime of life
   2. manly vigour; valour; quality of a warrior
   3. service, vassalage

Inflection

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Descendants

• Irish: óglachas
• Scottish Gaelic: òglachas

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
óclachas (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-óclachas
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), “óclachas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language