oidhche

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Irish

Noun

oidhche f (genitive singular oidhche, nominative plural oidhcheanta)

  1. Superseded spelling of oíche.

Declension

Declension of oidhche (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative oidhche oidhcheanta
vocative a oidhche a oidhcheanta
genitive oidhche oidhcheanta
dative oidhche oidhcheanta
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an oidhche na hoidhcheanta
genitive na hoidhche na n-oidhcheanta
dative leis an oidhche
don oidhche 		leis na hoidhcheanta

Mutation

Mutated forms of oidhche
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
oidhche n-oidhche hoidhche not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

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

Noun

oidhche f (genitive singular oidhche, plural oidhcheannan)

  1. night

Declension

Declension of oidhche (class IId feminine noun)
Indefinite
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

  • Alternative genitive singular: oidhcheadh (Uist, Barra)

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of oidhche
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
oidhche n-oidhche h-oidhche t-oidhche

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

See also

References

  1. ^ 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. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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