dardaín
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Old Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- tardaín (Críth Gablach)
Etymology[edit]
A contraction of a phrase eter dá aín "between two fasts"; Thursday is between Wednesday and Friday, which were designated fasting days.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dardaín f
- Thursday
- Trecheng Breth Féne, published in The Triads of Ireland (1906, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy), edited and with translations by Kuno Meyer, §217
- Trí ferláe: .i. dardaín, aíne, domnach.
- Three man-days, i.e. Thursday, Friday, and Sunday.
- Trecheng Breth Féne, published in The Triads of Ireland (1906, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy), edited and with translations by Kuno Meyer, §217
Inflection[edit]
Due to the word's origin as a prepositional phrase, it is indeclinable.
Descendants[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
dardaín | dardaín pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ |
ndardaín |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
See also[edit]
- (days of the week) láe sechtmaine; domnach, lúan, Máirt, cétaín, dardaín, aín dídine, Satharn (Category: sga:Days of the week) [edit]
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dardóin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language