òigheachd
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
- maidenhead, hymen, virginity
- 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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ógacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language