oidhche

Irish

Noun

oidhche f (genitive singular oidhche, nominative plural oidhcheanta)

1. Superseded spelling of oíche.

Declension

Declension of oidhche (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative oidhche oidhcheanta vocative a oidhche a oidhcheanta genitive oidhche oidhcheanta dative oidhche oidhcheanta forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an oidhche na hoidhcheanta genitive na hoidhche na n-oidhcheanta dative leis an oidhche don oidhche leis na hoidhcheanta

Mutation

Mutated forms of oidhche

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oidhche	n-oidhche	hoidhche	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oidhche”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aidche and aidchi, the oblique forms of adaig, from earlier *adekʷī or *adekī, of unknown origin; possibly cognate with Latin āter (“dark”) or Sanskrit अन्ध (andha, “blind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɤ̃ĩçə/
• (South Uist) IPA^(key): /ˈũĩçə/, [ˈʉ̃ĩçə]
• (Barra) IPA^(key): [ˈʉ̃ĩçʌ]

Noun

oidhche f (genitive singular oidhche, plural oidhcheannan)

1. night

Declension

Declension of oidhche (class IId feminine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	oidhche	oidhcheannan
genitive	oidhche	oidhcheannan
dative	oidhche	oidhcheannan; oidhchibh✝
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(an) oidhche	(na) h-oidhcheannan
genitive	(na) h-oidhche	(nan) oidhcheannan
dative	(an) oidhche	(na) h-oidhcheannan; h-oidhchibh✝
vocative	oidhche	oidhcheannan

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

• Alternative genitive singular: oidhcheadh (Uist, Barra)

Derived terms

• bògas na h-oidhche (“bedbug”)
• cailleach-oidhche (“owl”)
• cailleach-oidhche-mhòr (“eagle owl”)
• Oidhche Ardaoin (“Thursday night”)
• Oidhche Challainn (“New Year's Eve”)
• Oidhche Chiadain (“Wednesday night”)
• Oidhche Dhòmhnaich (“Sunday night”)
• Oidhche Haoine (“Friday night”)
• Oidhche Luain (“Monday night”)
• Oidhche Mhàirt (“Tuesday night”)
• oidhche mhath (“good night”)
• Oidhche na Taigeise (“Burns night”)
• Oidhche Nollaige (“Christmas Eve”)
• Oidhche Shamhna (“Halloween”)
• Oidhche Shathairne (“Saturday night”)

 

Mutation

Mutation of oidhche

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oidhche	n-oidhche	h-oidhche	t-oidhche

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

See also

• feasgar
• latha
• madainn