olagón

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

olagón m (genitive singular olagóin, nominative plural olagóin)

1. (act of) wailing; wail; dirge, lament

   Synonyms: éagaoineadh, ochlán

Declension

Declension of olagón

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative olagón olagóin Vocative a olagóin a olagóna Genitive olagóin olagón Dative olagón olagóin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-olagón na holagóin Genitive an olagóin na n-olagón Dative leis an olagón don olagón leis na holagóin

Derived terms

• Leabhar na nOlagón m, Olagóin m pl (“Lamentations”)
• olagónach (“wailing, lamenting”, adjective)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “olagón”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “olagón” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “olagón” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.