oidhche

Irish

Noun

oidhche f (genitive singular oidhche, nominative plural oidhcheanta)

1. Superseded spelling of oíche.

Declension

Declension of oidhche

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative oidhche oidhcheanta Vocative a oidhche a oidhcheanta Genitive oidhche oidhcheanta Dative oidhche oidhcheanta

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an oidhche na hoidhcheanta Genitive na hoidhche na n-oidhcheanta Dative leis an oidhche don oidhche leis na hoidhcheanta

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oidhche	n-oidhche	hoidhche	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oidhche”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aidche and aidchi, the oblique forms of adaig, from earlier *adekʷī or *adekī, of unknown origin; possibly cognate with Latin āter (“dark”) or Sanskrit अन्ध (andha, “blind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɤ̃ĩçə/

Noun

oidhche f (genitive singular oidhche, plural oidhcheannan)

1. night

Declension

Declension of oidhche (class IId feminine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	oidhche	oidhcheannan
Genitive	oidhche	oidhcheannan
Dative	oidhche	oidhcheannan
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(an) oidhche	(na) h-oidhcheannan
Genitive	(na) h-oidhche	(nan) oidhcheannan
Dative	(an) oidhche	(na) h-oidhcheannan
Vocative	(a) oidhche	(a) oidhcheannan

• Alternative genitive singular: oidhcheadh (Uist, Barra)

Derived terms

• bògas na h-oidhche (“bedbug”)
• cailleach-oidhche (“owl”)
• cailleach-oidhche-mhòr (“eagle owl”)
• Oidhche Ardaoin (“Thursday night”)
• Oidhche Challainn (“New Year's Eve”)
• Oidhche Chiadain (“Wednesday night”)
• Oidhche Dhòmhnaich (“Sunday night”)
• Oidhche Haoine (“Friday night”)
• Oidhche Luain (“Monday night”)
• Oidhche Mhàirt (“Tuesday night”)
• oidhche mhath (“good night”)
• Oidhche na Taigeise (“Burns night”)
• Oidhche Nollaige (“Christmas Eve”)
• Oidhche Shamhna (“Halloween”)
• Oidhche Shathairne (“Saturday night”)

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oidhche	n-oidhche	h-oidhche	t-oidhche
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

• feasgar
• latha
• madainn