maighdeanas
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish *maigdenas (“maidenhead, virginity”) (compare Manx moidynys, Scottish Gaelic maighdeannas). By surface analysis, maighdean + -as.
Noun
[edit]maighdeanas m (genitive singular maighdeanais)
- maidenhood
- virginity
- Synonym: ócht
Declension
[edit]Declension of maighdeanas
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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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
[edit]- 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