oíche
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oíche
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish aidche and aidchi, the oblique forms of adaig, from earlier *adekʷī or *adekī, of unknown origin; possibly cognate with Latin āter (“dark”) or Sanskrit अन्ध (andha, “blind”).
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈiːhə/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈiːçə/
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈiː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈĩːçə/, /ˈĩːhə/
- Homophones: aoi, í, íoth, ithe, uí, Uí (all for the Cois Fharraige pronunciation)
Noun
oíche f (genitive singular oíche, nominative plural oícheanta or oícheanna)
- night
- nightfall
- Synonym: titim na hoíche
- eve (of festival)
Declension
Declension of oíche
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative plural: oícheanna
Derived terms
- anoíche (“late hour of night”)
- cailleach oíche (“owl”)
- club oíche (“nightclub”)
- daille oíche (“night blindness”)
- dord na hoíche (“tattoo”)
- éan oíche (“bird of night”)
- iostas na hoíche (“night's lodging”)
- léine oíche (“night-shirt”)
- mála oíche (“overnight bag”)
- meán oíche (“midnight”)
- obair oíche (“night-work”)
- oíche chinn an dá lá dhéag (“eve of Epiphany”)
- oíche chinn bliana (“New Year's eve”)
- oíche chinn féile (“eve of festival”)
- oíche mhaith! (“good night!”)
- Oíche na Gloine Briste (“Kristallnacht”)
- Oíche Nollag (“Christmas Eve”)
- Oíche Shamhna (“Halloween”)
- oíche-iamh (“nyctinasty”)
- oíchí (“nocturnal”, adjective)
- solas oíche (“night-light”)
- thar oíche (“overnight”)
- titim na hoíche (“till nightfall”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| oíche | n-oíche | hoíche | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 46
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 68
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oíche”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “oíche” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “oíche” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 70