ogha

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀑𑀖 (Brahmi script)
• ओघ (Devanagari script)
• ওঘ (Bengali script)
• ඔඝ (Sinhalese script)
• ဩဃ or ဢေႃꧠ (Burmese script)
• โอฆ or โอฆะ (Thai script)
• ᩋᩰᨥ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂອຆ or ໂອຆະ (Lao script)
• ឲឃ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄮𑄊 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit ओघ (ogha).

Noun

ogha m

1. flood
2. that which sweeps a man away from emancipation
3. torrent

Declension

Declension table of "ogha" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ogho	oghā
Accusative (second)	oghaṃ	oghe
Instrumental (third)	oghena	oghehi or oghebhi
Dative (fourth)	oghassa or oghāya or oghatthaṃ	oghānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	oghasmā or oghamhā or oghā	oghehi or oghebhi
Genitive (sixth)	oghassa	oghānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	oghasmiṃ or oghamhi or oghe	oghesu
Vocative (calling)	ogha	oghā

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• odha, ua

Etymology

From Old Irish aue, from Proto-Celtic *pavio-s, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂u-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.ə/
• (Barra) IPA^(key): [ˈoˑ.ʌ]

Noun

ogha m (plural oghachan or oghaichean)

1. grandchild
2. nephew

Derived terms

• ban-ogha (“granddaughter”)
• co-ogha (“first cousin”)
• dubh-ogha (“great-grandson's grandson”)
• fear-ogha (“grandson”)
• fionn-ogha (“grandchild's grandchild”)
• gar-ogha (“grandchild's grandchild”)
• iar-ogha (“great-grandchild”)
• ogha peathar is bràthar (“second cousins”)

 

Descendants

• → Scots: oe

Mutation

Mutation of ogha

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

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) “ogha”, 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), “úa, óa, ó”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language