gach aon darna
Irish
Alternative forms
- chaon darna
Pronunciation
Determiner
gach aon darna
- alternative form of gach dara (“every second, every other”)
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 64:
- caiən̄ n̥ doxtūŕ eǵə x ēn dārnə l̄ā fiəxń̥c, ḱē mar tā šē cȧxt eǵə hēn.
- [Téann an dochtúir chuige gach aon darna lá ag fiachaint cé mar tá sé teacht aige féin.]
- The doctor visits him every other day to see how he is getting along.
References
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 64
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN