Dihaoine
See also: Di-haoine
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “day of the fast”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Dihaoine m (genitive Dihaoine)
Usage notes
[edit]- Also used (without a preposition) to mean "on Friday".
Derived terms
[edit]- Dihaoine na Càisge (“Good Friday”)
- Dih (abbreviation)
Related terms
[edit]- Diardaoin (“Thursday”)
- Diciadain (“Wednesday”)
- Didòmhnaich (“Sunday”)
- Diluain (“Monday”)
- Dimàirt (“Tuesday”)
- Disathairne (“Saturday”)
- Oidhche Haoine (“Friday night”)
See also
[edit]- days of the week (appendix): Didòmhnaich · Diluain · Dimàirt · Diciadain · Diardaoin · Dihaoine · Disathairne [edit]
References
[edit]- ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap