dardaín
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- tardaín (Críth Gablach)
Etymology
A contraction of a phrase eter dá aín "between two fasts"; Thursday is between Wednesday and Friday, which were designated fasting days.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdar.dai̯nʲ/
Noun
dardaín f
- Thursday
- Trecheng Breth Féne, published in The Triads of Ireland (1906, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy), edited and with translations by Kuno Meyer, §217
- Trí ferláe: .i. dardaín, aíne, domnach.
- Three man-days, i.e. Thursday, Friday, and Sunday.
- Trecheng Breth Féne, published in The Triads of Ireland (1906, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy), edited and with translations by Kuno Meyer, §217
Inflection
Due to the word's origin as a prepositional phrase, it is indeclinable.
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| dardaín | dardaín pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ |
ndardaín |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
See also
- (days of the week) láe sechtmaine; domnach, lúan, Máirt, cétaín, dardaín, aín dídine, Satharn (Category: sga:Days of the week) [edit]
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dardóin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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