Déardaoin

Irish

Alternative forms

• Dardaoin

Etymology

From dé (“day”) + idir (“between”) + dhá (“two”) + aoine (“fast”) (literally, "day between two fastings").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdʲeːɾˠˈd̪ˠiːnʲ/

Noun

Déardaoin m or f (genitive singular Déardaoin or Déardaoine or Déardaoineach)

1. Thursday

Declension

Declension of Déardaoin

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Déardaoin Vocative a Dhéardaoin Genitive Déardaoin Dative Déardaoin

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Déardaoin Genitive an Déardaoin Dative leis an Déardaoin don Déardaoin

Alternative declension

Declension of Déardaoin

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Déardaoin Vocative a Dhéardaoin Genitive Déardaoine Dative Déardaoin

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Déardaoin Genitive na Déardaoine Dative leis an Déardaoin don Déardaoin

• Alternative genitive form: Déardaoineach

Derived terms

• Déardaoin Mandála m (“Maundy Thursday”)

Adverb

Déardaoin

1. on Thursday

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Déardaoin	Dhéardaoin	nDéardaoin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

• (days of the week) Domhnach,‎ Luan,‎ Máirt,‎ Céadaoin,‎ Déardaoin,‎ Aoine,‎ Satharn ^{(Category: ga:Days of the week) [edit]}

Further reading

• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 80
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “Déardaoin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “Déardaoin” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “Déardaoin” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.