tirsdag
Danish Edit
Etymology Edit
From Old Norse tý(r)sdagr, borrowed from Old Saxon *tiuwesdag or Old Frisian tīesdei, from Proto-West Germanic *Tīwas dag, cognate with English Tuesday.
A compound of Germanic *Tīwaz (“Tyr”) + *dagaz (“day”), a calque of Latin diēs Mārtis (“day of Mars”), which is itself a calque of Ancient Greek ἡμέρα Ἄρεως (hēméra Áreōs, “day of Ares”).
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
tirsdag c (singular definite tirsdagen, plural indefinite tirsdage)
Declension Edit
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | tirsdag | tirsdagen | tirsdage | tirsdagene |
genitive | tirsdags | tirsdagens | tirsdages | tirsdagenes |
See also Edit
(days of the week) ugedag; mandag, tirsdag, onsdag, torsdag, fredag, lørdag, søndag (Category: da:Days of the week)
Norwegian Bokmål Edit
Etymology Edit
From Danish tirsdag, from Old Norse týsdagr, týrsdagr, from Týr (“Tyr”) and dagr (“day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Tīwas dag, a calque of Latin dies Martis.
Noun Edit
tirsdag m (definite singular tirsdagen, indefinite plural tirsdager, definite plural tirsdagene)
See also Edit
- tysdag (Nynorsk)
(days of the week) ukedag; mandag, tirsdag, onsdag, torsdag, fredag, lørdag, søndag (Category: nb:Days of the week)
References Edit
- “tirsdag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.