Diardaoin
See also: Di-ardaoin
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish dardóen, literally the “day between two fasts.” Can be analyzed synchronically as di- + eadar + dà + aoine.
Pronunciation
- (Lewis) IPA(key): /tʲərˠˈt̪ɤ̃ːɲ/[1]
- (Uist) IPA(key): /tʃəɾˈt̪ɯːɲ/[2]
- (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /təɻ̥ˈt̪ɯ̃ːɲ/[3]
Proper noun
Diardaoin m (genitive Diardaoin)
Usage notes
- Also used adverbially (without a preposition) to mean "on Thursday".
Derived terms
- Diar (abbreviation)
Related terms
- Diciadain (“Wednesday”)
- Didòmhnaich (“Sunday”)
- Dihaoine (“Friday”)
- Diluain (“Monday”)
- Dimàirt (“Tuesday”)
- Disathairne (“Saturday”)
- Oidhche Ardaoin (“Thursday night”)
See also
- days of the week (appendix): Didòmhnaich · Diluain · Dimàirt · Diciadain · Diardaoin · Dihaoine · Disathairne [edit]
References
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN