Disathairne
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Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin diēs Sāturnī (literally “day of Saturn”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Lewis, Wester Ross) IPA(key): /d̥ʲəˈs̪ahərˠn(ə)/[1], [d̥ʲəˈs̪ahəɻɳ(ə)][2] (corresponding to the form Disatharna)
- (North Uist) IPA(key): /d̥ʒəˈs̪ahuɾʲɲə/[3]
- (Barra) IPA(key): [d̥ʒəˈs̪ahər̥ˠɲʌ][4]
Proper noun
[edit]Disathairne m (genitive Disathairne)
Usage notes
[edit]- Also used adverbially (without a preposition) to mean "on Saturday".
Derived terms
[edit]- Dis (abbreviation)
Related terms
[edit]- Diluain - Monday
- Dimàirt - Tuesday
- Diciadain - Wednesday
- Diardaoin - Thursday
- Dihaoine - Friday
- Didòmhnaich - Sunday
- Oidhche Shathairne - Saturday 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
- ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
- ^ 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