uchd

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ucht (“breast, bosom; lap”).

Noun

uchd m (genitive singular uchda, plural uchdan)

(anatomy) breast, bosom
lap

Synonyms

(breast): broilleach
(lap): glùn

Derived terms

bréid-uchd m (“stomacher; bib”)
caisean-uchd m (“the breast strip of a sheep killed at Christmas, or on New Year's eve and singed and smelled by each member of the family, as a charm against fairies and spirits”)
coimpiutair-uchd m (“laptop”)
garman-uchd m (“breast-beam”)
gearradh-uchd m (“dewlap”)
obair-uchd f (“breast-plate; parapet, breastwork”)
sailm-uchd m (“ointment of which fresh butter and healing herbs are the principal ingredients”)
sgarbh an uchd ghil m (“shag, green cormorant”)
sliseag-uchd f (“breast-beam of loom”)
uchd ri uchd (“abreast”)
uchd suidhichte m (“standing-back”) (of loom)
uchd-aodach m (“breastplate; bra”)
uchd-bhàn (“fair-breasted”)
uchd-bheart f (“cuirass”)
uchd-chrios m (“stomacher, breastband”)
uchd-crochta m (“hanging-back”) (of loom)
uchd-gheal (“white-breasted”)
uchd-làr (“the floor of a kiln round about the eye”)
uchd-mhac m (“adopted son”)
uchd-rìomhadh m (“breast-knot”)

References

Edward Dwelly (1911) “uchd”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ucht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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