dardaín

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Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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

Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: dardoín

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
dardaín dardaín
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
ndardaín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

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Further reading

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