ochdamh

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic ochdamh (“eighth”), from Old Irish ochtmad, from Proto-Celtic *oxtūmetos.

Noun

ochdamh (plural ochdamhs)

  1. (Scotland, historical) An obsolete Scots unit equal to 1⁄8 daugh, notionally comprising 50 Scottish acres.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

  • (1⁄4 ochdamh): See oxgang
  • (various & for further subdivisions): See acre

Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic numbers (edit)
80
 ←  7 8 9  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: ochd
    Standalone: a h-ochd
    Ordinal: ochdamh
    Ordinal abbreviation: 8mh
    Personal: ochdnar
    Multiplier: ochd-fillte

Etymology

From Old Irish ochtmad, from Proto-Celtic *oxtūmetos. By surface analysis, ochd +‎ -amh

Pronunciation

Numeral:

Numeral

an t-ochdamh or an ochdamh

  1. eighth

Noun

ochdamh m (genitive singular ochdaimh, plural ochdamhan)

  1. eighth part
  2. (historical) unit of land consisting of 1⁄8 daugh/davoch or four pennylands

Descendants

  • → English: ochdamh

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
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 244
  3. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ochdamh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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