óclach

Old Irish

Etymology

From óc +‎ -ach, with l by analogy with echlach, midlach.

Noun

óclach f or m

1. A young man (youngest stage of manhood)
2. (by extension) a young warrior, a soldier
3. An attendant, servant, vassal, squire

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	óclachL	óclaigL	óclachaH
Vocative	óclachL	óclaigL	óclachaH
Accusative	óclaigN	óclaigL	óclachaH
Genitive	óclaigeH	óclachL	óclachN
Dative	óclaigL	óclachaib	óclachaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	óclach	óclachL	óclaigL
Vocative	óclaig	óclachL	óclachuH
Accusative	óclachN	óclachL	óclachuH
Genitive	óclaigL	óclach	óclachN
Dative	óclachL	óclachaib	óclachaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• óclachas (“youth, vigour”)

Descendants

• Irish: óglach
• Scottish Gaelic: òglach

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
óclach (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-óclach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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