Diciadain
See also: Di-ciadain
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Di- + ciadain, from Old Irish ceud (“first”) and aoine (“fast”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Lewis) IPA(key): /d̥ʲəˈkʲʰiɤt̪ɪɲ/[1]
- (Uist) IPA(key): /d̥ʒəˈkʲʰiət̪ɪɲ/[2]
- (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /d̥ʲɪˈkʲʰiət̪ɪn/[3]
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]
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
- ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “Diciadain”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[2], Stirling, →ISBN