ógbhean

Irish

Etymology
PIE word
*gʷḗn

From óg (“young”) +‎ bean (“woman”).

Noun

ógbhean f (genitive singular ógmhná, nominative plural ógmhná)

  1. young woman
    Synonym: bean óg
    Antonym: seanbhean
    1. (literary) damsel
      Synonym: cailín
    2. (informal) lassie
      Synonyms: cailín, gearrchaile, girseach

Declension
Declension of ógbhean

Irregular

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ógbhean ógmhná
Vocative a ógbhean a ógmhná
Genitive ógmhná ógbhan
Dative ógbhean
ógmhnaoi (archaic, dialectal)		 ógmhná

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ógbhean na hógmhná
Genitive na hógmhná na n-ógbhan
Dative leis an ógbhean
leis an ógmhnaoi (archaic, dialectal)

don ógbhean
don ógmhnaoi (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na hógmhná

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ógbhean n-ógbhean hógbhean not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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