dardaín

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • tardaín (Críth Gablach)

Etymology

A contraction of a phrase eter dá aín "between two fasts"; Thursday is between Wednesday and Friday, which were designated fasting days.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /darˈdai̯nʲ/

Noun

dardaín f

  1. Thursday
    • Trecheng Breth Féne, published in The Triads of Ireland (1906, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy), edited and with translations by Kuno Meyer, §217
      Trí ferláe: .i. dardaín, aíne, domnach.
      Three man-days, i.e. Thursday, Friday, and Sunday.

Inflection

Due to the word's origin as a prepositional phrase, it is indeclinable.

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: dardoín

Mutation

Mutation of dardaín
radical lenition nasalization
dardaín dardaín
pronounced with /ð-/		 ndardaín

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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