anmoch

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • ainmach
  • anamoch

Etymology

an- +‎ moch

Pronunciation

Noun

anmoch m (genitive singular anmoich, no plural)

  1. evening
    san anmoch ― in the evening

Adjective

anmoch

  1. late (in the day)
    Tràth chun na h-abhainn is anmoch chun an locha. ― There's a right time for everything. (literally, “early to the river and late to the loch”)
    Tha e anmoch a-nis ― It's late now.

Usage notes

  • Anmoch refers to a neutral temporal state, whereas fadalach is used for "late" in the sense of "happening after an intended time". For instance, Dhùisg mi gu fadalach ― "I woke up late" implies having woken up after the intended time, whereas Dhùisg mi gu h-anmoch ― "I woke up late" implies waking up late in the morning, or later in the day, but not in relation to intention.

Mutation

Mutation of anmoch
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
anmoch n-anmoch h-anmoch t-anmoch

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 99
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