ògan

See also: ógán and ògàn

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish ógán, from Old Irish ócán, from óc (“young”).

Noun

ògan m (genitive singular ògain, plural òganan)

1. young branch
2. twig, tendril
3. seedling, sapling, shoot
4. germ
5. youngster (male)

Synonyms

• (youngster): òganach

Related terms

• òg
• ògail
• òganta

Mutation

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “ògan”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ócán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language