Disathairne
Scottish Gaelic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Latin diēs Sāturnī (literally “day of Saturn”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Lewis) IPA(key): /d̥ʲəˈs̪ahərˠn/[1]
- (North Uist) IPA(key): /d̥ʒəˈs̪ahuɾʲɲə/[2]
- (Barra) IPA(key): [d̥ʒəˈs̪ahər̥ˠɲʌ][3]
Proper noun
editDisathairne m (genitive Disathairne)
Usage notes
edit- Also used adverbially (without a preposition) to mean "on Saturday".
Derived terms
edit- Dis (abbreviation)
Related terms
edit- Diluain - Monday
- Dimàirt - Tuesday
- Diciadain - Wednesday
- Diardaoin - Thursday
- Dihaoine - Friday
- Didòmhnaich - Sunday
- Oidhche Shathairne - Saturday night
See also
edit- (days of the week) Didòmhnaich, Diluain, Dimàirt, Diciadain, Diardaoin, Dihaoine, Disathairne (Category: gd:Days of the week) [edit]
References
edit- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap