òigheachd

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Noun

òigheachd f

  1. maidenhead, hymen, virginity
  2. virgin modesty

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “òigheachd”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 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
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