oidhche f (genitive singular oidhche, nominative plural oidhcheanta)
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| oidhche | n-oidhche | hoidhche | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
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”).
oidhche f (genitive singular oidhche, plural oidhcheannan)
| Indefinite | ||
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| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | oidhche | oidhcheannan |
| Genitive | oidhche | oidhcheannan |
| Dative | oidhche | oidhcheannan; oidhchibh✝ |
| Definite | ||
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | (an) oidhche | (na) h-oidhcheannan |
| Genitive | (na) h-oidhche | (nan) oidhcheannan |
| Dative | (an) oidhche | (na) h-oidhcheannan; h-oidhchibh✝ |
| Vocative | oidhche | oidhcheannan |
✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| oidhche | n-oidhche | h-oidhche | t-oidhche |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||