choíche

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish caidche, from Old Irish coidchi (all day), from co aidchi (literally until night).[2]

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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choíche

  1. ever (chiefly with reference to the future)
  2. never (after a negative)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ choíche”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caidchi”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 329, page 114
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 137, page 53

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