Disathairne

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Di-sathurna, Disathuirne, Di-sathuirne

Etymology

From Latin diēs Sāturnī (literally “day of Saturn”).

Pronunciation

(Lewis, Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /d̥ʲəˈs̪ahərˠn(ə)/^[1], ^[2] (corresponding to the form Disatharna)
(North Uist) IPA^(key): /d̥ʒəˈs̪ahuɾʲɲə/^[3]
(Barra) IPA^(key): ^[4]

Proper noun

Disathairne m (genitive Disathairne)

Saturday

Usage notes

Also used adverbially (without a preposition) to mean "on Saturday".

Derived terms

Dis (abbreviation)

Related terms

Diluain - Monday
Dimàirt - Tuesday
Diciadain - Wednesday
Diardaoin - Thursday
Dihaoine - Friday
Didòmhnaich - Sunday
Oidhche Shathairne - Saturday night

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
^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
^ 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

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