oidhche
Irish edit
Noun edit
oidhche f (genitive singular oidhche, nominative plural oidhcheanta)
Declension edit
Declension of oidhche
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation edit
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. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oidhche”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
oidhche f (genitive singular oidhche, plural oidhcheannan)
Derived terms edit
- bògas na h-oidhche (“bedbug”)
- cailleach-oidhche (“owl”)
- cailleach-oidhche-mhòr (“eagle owl”)
- Oidhche Ardaoin (“Thursday night”)
- Oidhche Challainn (“New Year's Eve”)
- Oidhche Chiadain (“Wednesday night”)
- Oidhche Dhòmhnaich (“Sunday night”)
- Oidhche Haoine (“Friday night”)
- Oidhche Luain (“Monday night”)
- Oidhche Mhàirt (“Tuesday night”)
- oidhche mhath (“good night”)
- Oidhche na Taigeise (“Burns night”)
- Oidhche Nollaige (“Christmas Eve”)
- Oidhche Shamhna (“Halloween”)
- Oidhche Shathairne (“Saturday night”)
Mutation edit
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. |