Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

daugh

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

Syllables
daugh
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An obsolete Scots unit equal to 4 ploughgates, notionally comprising 400 Scottish acres.

Etymology

Scottish Gaelic dabhach (“vat, large unit of land”); the "land unit" sense may reflect substrate influence on Gaelic from Pictish.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

daughs (plural)

Synonyms

davoch davach arachor

Questions

What does daugh mean?
An obsolete Scots unit equal to 4 ploughgates, notionally comprising 400 Scottish acres.
Where does daugh come from?
It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

How to pronounce daugh

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