ogha

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀑𑀖 (Brahmi script)
  • ओघ (Devanagari script)
  • ওঘ (Bengali script)
  • ඔඝ (Sinhalese script)
  • ဩဃ or ဢေႃꧠ (Burmese script)
  • โอฆ or โอฆะ (Thai script)
  • ᩋᩰᨥ (Tai Tham script)
  • ໂອຆ or ໂອຆະ (Lao script)
  • ឲឃ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄃𑄮𑄊 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit ओघ (ogha).

Noun

ogha m

  1. flood
  2. that which sweeps a man away from emancipation
  3. torrent

Declension

Declension table of "ogha" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)oghooghā
Accusative (second)oghaṃoghe
Instrumental (third)oghenaoghehi or oghebhi
Dative (fourth)oghassa or oghāya or oghatthaṃoghānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)oghasmā or oghamhā or oghāoghehi or oghebhi
Genitive (sixth)oghassaoghānaṃ
Locative (seventh)oghasmiṃ or oghamhi or ogheoghesu
Vocative (calling)oghaoghā

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish aue,[1] from Proto-Celtic *pavio-s, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂u-.

Pronunciation

Noun

ogha m (plural oghachan or oghaichean)

  1. grandchild
  2. nephew

Derived terms

  • ban-ogha (“granddaughter”)
  • co-ogha (“first cousin”)
  • dubh-ogha (“great-grandson's grandson”)
  • fear-ogha (“grandson”)
  • fionn-ogha (“grandchild's grandchild”)
  • gar-ogha (“grandchild's grandchild”)
  • iar-ogha (“great-grandchild”)
  • iar-oghaichean sinn-phàrantain (“second cousins”)

Descendants

  • → Scots: oe

Mutation

Mutation of ogha
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ogha n-ogha h-ogha t-ogha

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “úa, óa, ó”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 294
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 32
  5. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  6. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 89

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “ogha”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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