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Noun
níochán m (genitive singular níocháin)
- (act of) washing; wash, laundry
- clothes washed or to be washed
- (Cois Fharraige, Ulster) verbal noun of nigh
1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:Chonnaic sé cailín ag nigheachán i sruthán le cois an bhealaigh mhóir ⁊ chuir sé an tiománach síos ag fiafraighe di a’ bpósfadh sí é.- He saw a girl washing in a stream by the roadside, and he sent his driver down to ask her if she would marry him.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “níochán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “níochán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “niġeaċán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 519