Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish dardaín,[1] from etar aín (between two fasts).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Déardaoin m or f (genitive singular Déardaoin or Déardaoine or Déardaoineach)

  1. Thursday

Declension

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Declension of Déardaoin (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative Déardaoin
vocative a Dhéardaoin
genitive Déardaoin
dative Déardaoin
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an Déardaoin
genitive an Déardaoin
dative leis an Déardaoin
don Déardaoin
Alternative declension
Declension of Déardaoin (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative Déardaoin
vocative a Dhéardaoin
genitive Déardaoine
dative Déardaoin
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an Déardaoin
genitive na Déardaoine
dative leis an Déardaoin
don Déardaoin

Derived terms

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Adverb

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Déardaoin

  1. on Thursday

Mutation

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Mutated forms of Déardaoin
radical lenition eclipsis
Déardaoin Dhéardaoin nDéardaoin

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dardóin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 80
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 404, page 134

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