strìopach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old French strupe (“concubinage”), from Latin stuprum (“dishonour, violation”). Cognate with Irish striapach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st̪ɾiːpʰəx/

Noun

strìopach f (genitive singular strìopaich, plural strìopachan)

1. prostitute
2. (vulgar, derogatory) whore, harlot

Derived terms

• strìopachas (“prostitution”)
• taigh-strìopachais (“brothel, whorehouse”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
strìopach	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.