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

• (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]‎^[1], 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