oidhche

Irish

Noun

oidhche f (genitive singular oidhche, nominative plural oidhcheanta)

1. Superseded spelling of oíche.

Declension

Declension of oidhche

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative oidhche oidhcheanta Vocative a oidhche a oidhcheanta Genitive oidhche oidhcheanta Dative oidhche oidhcheanta

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an oidhche na hoidhcheanta Genitive na hoidhche na n-oidhcheanta Dative leis an oidhche don oidhche leis na hoidhcheanta

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oidhche	n-oidhche	hoidhche	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oidhche”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aidche and aidchi, the oblique forms of adaig, from earlier *adekʷī or *adekī, of unknown origin; possibly cognate with Latin āter (“dark”) or Sanskrit अन्ध (andha, “blind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɤ̃ĩçə/

Noun

oidhche f (genitive singular oidhche, plural oidhcheannan)

1. night

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bògas na h-oidhche - bedbug
• cailleach-oidhche - owl
• cailleach-oidhche-mhòr - eagle owl
• Oidhche Ardaoin - Thursday night
• Oidhche Challainn - New Year's Eve
• Oidhche Chiadain - Wednesday night
• Oidhche Dhòmhnaich - Sunday night
• Oidhche Haoine - Friday night

• Oidhche Luain - Monday night
• oidhche mhath - good night
• Oidhche Mhàirt - Tuesday night
• Oidhche Nollaige - Christmas Eve
• Oidhche Shathairne - Saturday night
• Oidhche Shamhna - Halloween

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oidhche	n-oidhche	h-oidhche	t-oidhche
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

• feasgar
• latha
• madainn