Disathairne
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- Disatharna, Di-sathurna, Disathuirne, Di-sathuirne
Etymology
From Latin diēs Sāturnī (literally “day of Saturn”).
Pronunciation
- (Lewis, Wester Ross) IPA(key): /d̥ʲəˈs̪ahərˠn(ə)/[1], [d̥ʲəˈs̪ahəɻɳ(ə)][2] (corresponding to the form Disatharna)
- (Harris) IPA(key): /d̥ʒəˈs̪ahərˠnə/ (corresponding to the form Disatharna)
- (North Uist) IPA(key): /d̥ʒəˈs̪ahuɾʲɲə/[3]
- (Barra) IPA(key): [d̥ʒəˈs̪ahər̥ˠɲʌ][4]
Proper noun
Disathairne m (genitive Disathairne)
Usage notes
- Also used adverbially (without a preposition) to mean "on Saturday".
Derived terms
- Dis (abbreviation)
Related terms
- Diardaoin (“Thursday”)
- Diciadain (“Wednesday”)
- Didòmhnaich (“Sunday”)
- Dihaoine (“Friday”)
- Diluain (“Monday”)
- Dimàirt (“Tuesday”)
- Oidhche Shathairne (“Saturday 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
- ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap