FromMiddle Irishóice(“youth, youthfulness”), fromóc(“young”). Bysurface analysis,óg +-e). The Middle Irish term superseded an older Old Irish termoítiu.
óige f (genitive singularóige)
- youth,adolescence
- young people
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
óige
- inflection ofóg:
- genitivefemininesingular
- comparative degree
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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