a-nochd

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish innocht, from the definite article in followed by an oblique case form of Proto-Celtic *noxs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈn̪ˠɔ̃xk/

Adverb

a-nochd

  1. tonight
    Cha tig e a-nochd. ― He will not come tonight.
    a-nochd is an-raoir ― tonight and last night

See also

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “a-nochd”, 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), “innocht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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