Dihaoine
See also: Di-haoine
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Etymology
Literally "day of the fast". Can be analyzed synchronically as di- + aoine.
Pronunciation
- (Lewis) IPA(key): /tʲəˈhɤ̃ːɲə/[1]
- (Uist, Barra) IPA(key): /tʃəˈhɯːɲə/[2][3]
- (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /tʲəˈhɯ̃ːɲə/[4]
Proper noun
Dihaoine m (genitive Dihaoine)
Usage notes
- Also used (without a preposition) to mean "on Friday".
Derived terms
- Dihaoine na Càisge (“Good Friday”)
- Dih (abbreviation)
Related terms
- Diardaoin (“Thursday”)
- Diciadain (“Wednesday”)
- Didòmhnaich (“Sunday”)
- Diluain (“Monday”)
- Dimàirt (“Tuesday”)
- Disathairne (“Saturday”)
- Oidhche Haoine (“Friday night”)
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
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, 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