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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish dardóen, literally the “day between two fasts.” Can be analyzed synchronically as di- + eadar + dà + aoine.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Diardaoin m (genitive Diardaoin)
- Thursday
Usage notes
- Also used adverbially (without a preposition) to mean "on Thursday".
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See also
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), Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh