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Irish
Etymology
From aoine (“fasting”), from the traditional Roman Catholic practice of fasting and abstaining from meat on Fridays.
Pronunciation
Noun
Aoine f (genitive singular Aoine, nominative plural Aointe)
- Friday
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| Aoine
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nAoine
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hAoine
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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See also
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Aoine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “Aoine”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 33
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Aoine”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Aoine”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 45