maighdeann

See also: Maighdeann

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish maigden, from Old English mæġden, from Proto-West Germanic *magadīn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɤ̃ĩtʲən/, /ˈmɤ̃ĩtʲən̪ˠ/[1]

Noun

maighdeann f (genitive singular maighdinn, plural maighdeannan)

  1. maid, maiden, virgin
    Synonyms: ainnir, cailin, gruagach, nighean, òigh, rìbhinn
  2. female servant
  3. chambermaid
  4. nymph
  5. last handful of a crop of corn cut off the land
  6. standard or bearer of driving-wheel (spinning-wheel)
  7. upright support of flyers of spinning-wheel
  8. beheading instrument

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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