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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish darna (“the second; one of two”).
Pronunciation
Numeral
an dàrna
- second
- Synonyms: dara, dala
Usage notes
Unlike the cardinal dà, dàrna does not cause lenition.
- Also used to mean one when making a comparison to the other or another:
- air an dàrna làimh... air an làimh eile... ― on the one hand... on the other hand... (literally, “on the second hand... on the other hand...”)
- an dàrna cuid... no... ― either... or... (literally, “the second part... or...”)
- an dàrna fear dhiubh ― either of them (literally, “the second one of them”)
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 244
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “dàrna”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan , 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “darna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language