seachdain
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish sechtmain, from Latin septimāna, from septimus (“seventh”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈʃɛxkɔɲ/[1]
- (Harris, Uist) IPA(key): /ˈʃɛxkɛɲ/
- (Barra) IPA(key): [ˈʃæxkɛɲ][2]
- (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈʃɛa̯xkɔɲ/, /ˈʃaxkɔɲ/[3]
Noun
[edit]seachdain f (genitive seachdaine, plural seachdainean)
Derived terms
[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, page 31
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 116
- ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN, page 805