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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic ochdamh (“eighth”), from Old Irish ochtmad, from Proto-Celtic *oxtūmetos.
Noun
ochdamh (plural ochdamhs)
- (Scotland, historical) An obsolete Scots unit equal to 1⁄8 daugh, notionally comprising 50 Scottish acres.
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- (1⁄4 ochdamh): See oxgang
- (various & for further subdivisions): See acre
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish ochtmad, from Proto-Celtic *oxtūmetos. By surface analysis, ochd + -amh
Pronunciation
Numeral:
Numeral
an t-ochdamh or an ochdamh
- eighth
Noun
ochdamh m (genitive singular ochdaimh, plural ochdamhan)
- eighth part
- (historical) unit of land consisting of 1⁄8 daugh/davoch or four pennylands
Descendants
References
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 244
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis), Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “ochdamh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN