ógh

See also: OGH

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish óg (“whole, entire, integral; complete, perfect; untouched, intact, inviolate; of a person complete, lacking in nothing; unsullied, pure”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oːɣ/

Noun

ógh f (genitive singular óighe, nominative plural ógha)

virgin

Declension

Declension of ógh

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ógh	ógha
Vocative	a ógh	a ógha
Genitive	óighe	ógh
Dative	ógh	ógha

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an ógh	na hógha
Genitive	na hóighe	na n-ógh
Dative	leis an ógh don ógh	leis na hógha

Adjective

ógh (genitive singular masculine óigh, genitive singular feminine óighe, comparative óighe)

(literary) whole, entire; intact, inviolate; chaste, virginal

Declension

Declension of ógh

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	ógh	ógh	ógha
Vocative	óigh	ógh	ógha
Genitive	óigh	óghe	ógha	ógh
Dative	ógh	ógh; óigh (archaic)	ógha
Comparative	níos óghe
Superlative	is óghe

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ógh	n-ógh	hógh	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"ógh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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