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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Ultimately borrowed from Latin dies Martis; compare Irish Máirt, Dé Máirt.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Dimàirt m (genitive Dimàirt)
- Tuesday
Usage notes
- Also used adverbially (without a preposition) to mean "on Tuesday".
Derived terms
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
- ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN