a-nochd

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• an nochd (Canadian Gaelic)

Etymology

From Old Irish innocht, from the definite article in followed by an oblique case form of Proto-Celtic *noxs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈn̪ˠɔ̃xk/

Adverb

a-nochd

1. tonight

   Cha tig e a-nochd. ― He will not come tonight.

   a-nochd is an-raoir ― tonight and last night

See also

• an-diugh
• a-raoir
• an-ath-oidhch'

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “a-nochd”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “innocht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language