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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish óinsech (“foolish or giddy woman”).
Pronunciation
Noun
òinseach f (genitive singular òinsiche, plural òinsichean)
- (derogatory) stupid woman
See also
References
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis), Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh