maighdeanas
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish *maigdenas (“maidenhead, virginity”) (compare Manx moidynys, Scottish Gaelic maighdeannas). By surface analysis, maighdean + -as.
Declension
Declension of maighdeanas
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| 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
- 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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “maigdenas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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