Dimàirt
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately borrowed from Latin dies Martis; compare Irish Máirt, Dé Máirt.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Lewis) IPA(key): /d̥ʲəˈmãːrˠs̪t̪/[1]
- (Uist) IPA(key): /d̥ʒəˈmaːɾʲʂtʲ/[2]
- (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /d̥ʲəˈmaːʂʈ/[3]
Proper noun
[edit]Dimàirt m (genitive Dimàirt)
Usage notes
[edit]- Also used adverbially (without a preposition) to mean "on Tuesday".
Derived terms
[edit]- Dim (abbreviation)
Related terms
[edit]- Diluain - Monday
- Diciadain - Wednesday
- Diardaoin - Thursday
- Dihaoine - Friday
- Disathairne - Saturday
- Didòmhnaich - Sunday
- Oidhche Mhàirt - Tuesday 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
- ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN