maighdeanas

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish *maigdenas (“maidenhead, virginity”) (compare Manx moidynys, Scottish Gaelic maighdeannas). By surface analysis, maighdean +‎ -as.

Noun

maighdeanas m (genitive singular maighdeanais)

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

Declension

Declension of maighdeanas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
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

Mutated forms of maighdeanas
radical lenition eclipsis
maighdeanas mhaighdeanas not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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