iochd

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish icht (“kindness, clemency, trust, confidence”).

Noun

iochd m

mercy, pity, compassion, grace

Derived terms

iochdmhor (“clement, compassionate, humane, merciful, kind”, adjective)

References

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 icht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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