ogham

See also: Ogham

English

Noun

ogham (plural oghams)

1. Alternative form of Ogham.

Proper noun

ogham

1. Alternative form of Ogham.

Anagrams

• Omagh, go HAM, go ham

French

Noun

ogham m (uncountable)

1. Ogham

Further reading

• “ogham”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ogum, ogom, ogam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːmˠ/

Noun

ogham m (genitive singular oghaim)

1. Ogham (script, inscription)

Declension

Declension of ogham (first declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative ogham vocative a oghaim genitive oghaim dative ogham forms with the definite article singular nominative an t-ogham genitive an oghaim dative leis an ogham don ogham

Derived terms

• d'aon oghaim (“on purpose”)
• ogham chraobh f (“ogham lettering named from trees”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ogham

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ogham	n-ogham	hogham	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “oġam”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 808; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ogham”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “ogham”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm