maighdeanas

Irish

Etymology

from Old Irish maigdenas (“maidenhead, virginity”) (compare Manx moidynys, Scottish Gaelic maighdeannas); synchronically, maighdean +‎ -as.

Noun

maighdeanas m (genitive singular maighdeanais)

  1. maidenhood
    Synonyms: iníonacht, iníonas
  2. virginity
    Synonym: ócht

Declension
Declension of maighdeanas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative maighdeanas
Vocative a mhaighdeanais
Genitive maighdeanais
Dative maighdeanas

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an maighdeanas
Genitive an mhaighdeanais
Dative leis an maighdeanas

don mhaighdeanas

Mutation
Irish mutation
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
  • "maighdeanas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “maidenhood” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “virginity” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “maigdenas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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