Diciadain

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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)

Wednesday

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) Didòmhnaich,‎ Diluain,‎ Dimàirt,‎ Diciadain,‎ Diardaoin,‎ Dihaoine,‎ Disathairne ^{(Category: gd:Days of the week)}

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
^ Roy Wentworth (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, Stirling, →ISBN

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