òigheachd

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish ógacht, ógdacht f (chastity, virginity), from óg, ógda (pure, chaste, virginal). By surface analysis, òigh (maiden, virgin) +‎ -achd.

Noun

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òigheachd f

  1. maidenhead, hymen, virginity
  2. virgin modesty

References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “òigheachd”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ógacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language