Diardaoin
See also: Di-ardaoin
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish dardóen, literally the “day between two fasts.” Can be analyzed synchronically as di- + eadar + dà + aoine.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Diardaoin m (genitive Diardaoin)
Usage notes
[edit]- Also used adverbially (without a preposition) to mean "on Thursday".
Derived terms
[edit]- Diar (abbreviation)
Related terms
[edit]- Diciadain (“Wednesday”)
- Didòmhnaich (“Sunday”)
- Dihaoine (“Friday”)
- Diluain (“Monday”)
- Dimàirt (“Tuesday”)
- Disathairne (“Saturday”)
- Oidhche Ardaoin (“Thursday night”)
See also
[edit]- days of the week (appendix): Didòmhnaich · Diluain · Dimàirt · Diciadain · Diardaoin · Dihaoine · Disathairne [edit]
References
[edit]- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN