ógfhear

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

óg (“young”) +‎ fear (“man”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈoːɡˌaɾˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɔːɟaɾˠ/[1] (corresponding to óigfhear)

Noun

ógfhear m (genitive singular ógfhir, nominative plural ógfhir)

  1. young man

Declension

Declension of ógfhear (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ógfhear ógfhir
vocative a ógfhir a ógfheara
genitive ógfhir ógfhear
dative ógfhear ógfhir
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-ógfhear na hógfhir
genitive an ógfhir na n-ógfhear
dative leis an ógfhear
don ógfhear 		leis na hógfhir

Mutation

Mutated forms of ógfhear
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ógfhear n-ógfhear hógfhear t-ógfhear

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 218

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “óg-, óig-”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 807; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ógfhear”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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