maighdeann
See also: Maighdeann
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- maighdean
Etymology
From Old Irish maigden, from Old English mæġden, from Proto-Germanic *magadīną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /məitʲən/
Noun
maighdeann f (genitive singular maighdinn, plural maighdeannan)
- maid, maiden, virgin
- female servant
- chambermaid
- nymph
- last handful of a crop of corn cut off the land
- standard or bearer of driving-wheel (spinning-wheel)
- upright support of flyers of spinning-wheel
- beheading instrument
Synonyms
- (maid, maiden, virgin): ainnir, òigh
Derived terms
Derived terms
- Maighdean (“Virgo”)
- maighdean bean na bainnse
- maighdean mhoiteil
- maighdean-chuain
- maighdean-coimhead
- maighdean-mhara
- maighdean-phòsaidh (“bridesmaid”)
- maighdeanach
- maighdeann-sheòmair
- maighdeannag
- maighdeannail
- maighdeannas (“maidenhead, hymen, virginity”)