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Classical Gaelic
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish adaig. See Irish oíche and Scottish Gaelic oidhche.
Pronunciation
Noun
adhaigh f (genitive singular oidhche, nominative plural oidhche)
- night
Declension
| adhaigh, f., IGT ii §93, ī-stem
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| Case/Number
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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| Nominative
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an adhaigh |
dá oidhche |
na hoidhche
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| Vocative
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a adhaigh |
N/A |
a oidhche
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| Accusative
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gan an oidhche |
gan dá oidhche |
gan na hoidhche
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| Genitive
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na hoidhche |
dá oidhche |
na n-oidhcheadh*
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| Dative
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don oidhche |
do dhá oidhche |
dona hoidhchibh
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† non-bardic form (condemned in the tracts as lochtach)
‡ anomalous form (canamhain)
* extended plural (iollradh ard)
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “adaig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Osborn Bergin (1916) “Irish Grammatical Tracts (Introductory)”, in Ériu, volume 8, Supplement, Royal Irish Academy, →DOI, →JSTOR, §53, page 15
- Osborn Bergin (1926) “Irish Grammatical Tracts II (Declension, c)”, in Ériu, volume 10, Supplement, Royal Irish Academy, →DOI, →JSTOR, §93, page 126
- Damian McManus (1994) “An Nua-Ghaeilge Chlasaiceach”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do Pádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, §4.15, page 374