maighdeanas

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish *maigdenas (“maidenhead, virginity”) (compare Manx moidynys, Scottish Gaelic maighdeannas). By surface analysis, maighdean +‎ -as.

Noun

maighdeanas m (genitive singular maighdeanais)

1. maidenhood

   Synonyms: iníonacht, iníonas

2. virginity

   Synonym: ócht

Declension

Declension of maighdeanas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative maighdeanas Vocative a mhaighdeanais Genitive maighdeanais Dative maighdeanas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an maighdeanas Genitive an mhaighdeanais Dative leis an maighdeanas don mhaighdeanas

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
maighdeanas	mhaighdeanas	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maighdeanas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “maidenhood”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “virginity”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “maigdenas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language