ógacht

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• ógdacht

Etymology

From óg (“virgin”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

ógacht f

1. chastity, virginity

Inflection

• Genitive singular: ógachta

Descendants

• Irish: ócht
• Scottish Gaelic: òigheachd

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
ógacht	unchanged	n-ógacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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