ogham

Speech parts

1. ogham - Noun

2. Ogham - Proper noun

Meaning

A particular kind of writing practiced by the ancient Irish, and found in inscriptions on stones, metals, etc.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rune character cuneiform radical phonetic shorthand wedge hieroglyphic determinative ideogram pictograph logogram pictogram writing system old alphabetic script
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Anagrams

Omagh

Examples

A number of Ogham inscriptions have been argued to be unidentifiable as Celtic, and on this basis, it has been suggested that non-Celtic languages were also in use. Source: Internet

London: Meuthen several writers have speculated that the 5th century Irish Ogham script, with its quinary alphabet system, was derived from a finger alphabet that predates even Bede. Source: Internet

Lynch, F. Gwynedd p. 126. There was considerable Irish colonisation in Dyfed in south-west Wales, where there are many stones with Ogham inscriptions. Source: Internet

Ogham consisted of marks made above or below a horizontal line. Source: Internet

The absence of surviving written material in Pictish—if the ambiguous "Pictish inscriptions" in the Ogham script are discounted—does not indicate a pre-literate society. Source: Internet

This is evident in the change in language used in Ogham inscriptions. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

ogglesome oggy oggy oggy oggy oghamic oghamist oghi