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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Latin diēs Dominicus (“the day of our Lord”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Didòmhnaich m (genitive Didòmhnaich)
- Sunday
- Cha robh mi ag òl Didòmhnaich. ― I wasn't drinking on Sunday.
Usage notes
- Rarely used in some Presbyterian areas such as Lewis, Harris and Skye, where Là na Sàbaid is preferred.
- Also used adverbially (without a preposition) to mean "on Sunday".
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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
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap