ógacht

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• ógdacht

Etymology

From óg (“virgin”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

ógacht f

1. chastity, virginity

Inflection

• Genitive singular: ógachta

Descendants

• Irish: ócht
• Scottish Gaelic: òigheachd

Mutation

Mutation of ógacht

radical	lenition	nasalization
ógacht	unchanged	n-ógacht

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ógacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language