Céadaoin
IrishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Irish cétaín, from Old Irish cétaín. Synchronically analyzable as céad (“first”) + aoine (“fast”), i.e., the first fast of the week.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Céadaoin f (genitive singular Céadaoin, nominative plural Céadaoineacha)
- Wednesday (day of the week)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Céadaoin
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived termsEdit
MutationEdit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Céadaoin | Chéadaoin | gCéadaoin |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
See alsoEdit
- (days of the week) Domhnach, Luan, Máirt, Céadaoin, Déardaoin, Aoine, Satharn (Category: ga:Days of the week) [edit]
Further readingEdit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “Céadaoin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “Céadaoin” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “Céadaoin” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.