Diciadain
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See also: Di-ciadain
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Di- + ciadain, from Old Irish ceud (“first”) and aoine (“fast”).
Proper noun
[edit]Diciadain m (genitive Diciadain)
Usage notes
[edit]- Also used adverbially (without a preposition) to mean "on Wednesday".
Derived terms
[edit]- Dic (abbreviation)
Related terms
[edit]- Oidhche Chiadain (“Wednesday night”)
See also
[edit]- Diluain (“Monday”)
- Dimàirt (“Tuesday”)
- Diardaoin (“Thursday”)
- Dihaoine (“Friday”)
- Disathairne (“Saturday”)
- Didòmhnaich (“Sunday”)
See also
[edit]- (days of the week) Didòmhnaich, Diluain, Dimàirt, Diciadain, Diardaoin, Dihaoine, Disathairne (Category: gd:Days of the week) [edit]
Further reading
[edit]- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “Diciadain”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN