ógh

See also: OGH

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish óg (“whole, entire, integral; complete, perfect; untouched, intact, inviolate; of a person complete, lacking in nothing; unsullied, pure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːɣ/

Noun

ógh f (genitive singular óighe, nominative plural ógha)

1. virgin

Declension

Declension of ógh

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ógh ógha Vocative a ógh a ógha Genitive óighe ógh Dative ógh ógha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ógh na hógha Genitive na hóighe na n-ógh Dative leis an ógh don ógh leis na hógha

Adjective

ógh (genitive singular masculine óigh, genitive singular feminine óighe, comparative óighe)

1. (literary) whole, entire; intact, inviolate; chaste, virginal

Declension

Declension of ógh

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	ógh	ógh	ógha
Vocative	óigh		ógha
Genitive		óghe	ógha	ógh
Dative	ógh	ógh; óigh (archaic)	ógha
Comparative	níos óghe
Superlative	is óghe

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ógh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN