òigheachd

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish ógacht, ógdacht f (“chastity, virginity”), from óg, ógda (“pure, chaste, virginal”). By surface analysis, òigh (“maiden, virgin”) +‎ -achd.

Noun[edit]

òigheachd f

  1. maidenhead, hymen, virginity
  2. virgin modesty

References[edit]

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “òigheachd”, 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), “ógacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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