uchd

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Noun

uchd m (genitive singular uchda, plural uchdan)

  1. (anatomy) breast, bosom
  2. lap

Synonyms

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
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ucht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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