ócán

Middle Irish

Etymology

óc (“young”) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈoːɡaːn/

Noun

ócán m (genitive ócáin, nominative plural ócáin)

youth, young man

Derived terms

*ócanach
- Irish: ógánach
- Scottish Gaelic: òganach

Descendants

Irish: ógán
Manx: aegan
Scottish Gaelic: ògan

Mutation

Mutation of *ócán*
radical	lenition	nasalization
ócán	unchanged	n-ócán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ócán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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