Diluain
See also: Di-luain
Scottish Gaelic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editCalque of Latin dies Lunae (“Monday”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editDiluain m (genitive Diluain)
Usage notes
edit- Also used adverbially (without a preposition) to mean "on Monday".
Derived terms
edit- Dil (abbreviation)
Related terms
edit- Dimàirt - Tuesday
- Diciadain - Wednesday
- Diardaoin - Thursday
- Dihaoine - Friday
- Disathairne - Saturday
- Didòmhnaich - Sunday
- Oidhche Luain - Monday 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