níochán

• nigheachán (superseded)

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /nʲiːˈxɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈnʲiːxɑːnˠ/, /ˈnʲiːxɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈnʲihaxanˠ/, /ˈnʲihaxan̪ˠ/[1] (as if spelled nitheachán)

níochán m (genitive singular níocháin)

1. (act of) washing; wash, laundry
2. clothes washed or to be washed
3. (Cois Fharraige, Ulster) verbal noun of nigh
   • 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:

     Chonnaic sé cailín ag nigheachán i sruthán le cois an bhealaigh mhóir ⁊ chuir sé an tiománach síos ag fiafraighe di a’ bpósfadh sí é.

     He saw a girl washing in a stream by the roadside, and he sent his driver down to ask her if she would marry him.

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “níochán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “níochán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “niġeaċán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 519