choíche
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish caidche, from Old Irish coidchi (“all day”), from co aidchi (literally “until night”).[2]
Pronunciation
edit- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈxiːhə/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈxiːçɪ/[3]; /əˈxiːçɪ/ (corresponding to the form a choíche)[4]
Adverb
editchoíche
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ “choíche”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caidchi”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 329, page 114
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 137, page 53
Further reading
edit- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ċoiḋċe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 159
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “choíche”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN