Dihaoine
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See also: Di-haoine
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally "day of the fast". Can be analyzed synchronically as di- + aoine.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Lewis) IPA(key): /tʲəˈhɤ̃ːɲə/[1]
- (Uist, Barra) IPA(key): /tʃəˈhɯːɲə/[2][3]
- (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /tʲəˈhɯ̃ːɲə/[4]
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]- Diluain - Monday
- Dimàirt - Tuesday
- Diciadain - Wednesday
- Diardaoin - Thursday
- Disathairne - Saturday
- Didòmhnaich - Sunday
- Oidhche Haoine - Friday night
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
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN