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

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “ógacht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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