Diciadain
See also: Di-ciadain
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Etymology
Di- + ciadain, from Old Irish ceud (“first”) and aoine (“fast”).
Pronunciation
- (Lewis) IPA(key): /d̥ʲəˈkʲʰiɤt̪ɪɲ/[1]
- (Uist) IPA(key): /d̥ʒəˈkʲʰiət̪ɪɲ/[2]
- (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /d̥ʲɪˈkʲʰiət̪ɪn/[3]
Proper noun
Diciadain m (genitive Diciadain)
Usage notes
- Also used adverbially (without a preposition) to mean "on Wednesday".
Derived terms
- Dic (abbreviation)
Related terms
- Oidhche Chiadain (“Wednesday night”)
See also
- Diluain (“Monday”)
- Dimàirt (“Tuesday”)
- Diardaoin (“Thursday”)
- Dihaoine (“Friday”)
- Disathairne (“Saturday”)
- Didòmhnaich (“Sunday”)
See also
- days of the week (appendix): Didòmhnaich · Diluain · Dimàirt · Diciadain · Diardaoin · Dihaoine · Disathairne [edit]
References
- ^ 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
- ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
Further reading
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “Diciadain”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[2], Stirling, →ISBN