Céadaoin
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish cétaín, from Old Irish cétaín. By surface analysis, céad (“first”) + aoine (“fast”), i.e., the first fast of the week.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editCéadaoin f (genitive singular Céadaoin, nominative plural Céadaoineacha)
- Wednesday (day of the week)
Declension
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Derived terms
editMutation
editradical | lenition | eclipsis |
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Céadaoin | Chéadaoin | gCéadaoin |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
See also
edit- (days of the week) Domhnach, Luan, Máirt, Céadaoin, Déardaoin, Aoine, Satharn (Category: ga:Days of the week) [edit]
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Céadaoin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Céadaoin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Céadaoin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ken-
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish compound terms
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish feminine nouns
- Irish fourth-declension nouns
- ga:Days of the week