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

Mutation of ògan

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ògan	n-ògan	h-ògan	t-ògan

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

References

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