oíche

Irish
oíche

Alternative forms

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

Noun

oíche f (genitive singular oíche, nominative plural oícheanta or oícheanna)

  1. night
  2. nightfall
    Synonym: titim na hoíche
  3. eve (of festival)

Declension
Declension of oíche

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative oíche oícheanta
Vocative a oíche a oícheanta
Genitive oíche oícheanta
Dative oíche oícheanta

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an oíche na hoícheanta
Genitive na hoíche na n-oícheanta
Dative leis an oíche

don oíche

 leis na hoícheanta
  • Alternative plural: oícheanna

Derived terms
  • anoíche (“late hour of night”)
  • cailleach oíche (“owl”)
  • club oíche (“nightclub”)
  • daille oíche (“night blindness”)
  • dord na hoíche (“tattoo”)
  • éan oíche (“bird of night”)
  • iostas na hoíche (“night's lodging”)
  • léine oíche (“night-shirt”)
  • mála oíche (“overnight bag”)
  • meán oíche (“midnight”)
  • obair oíche (“night-work”)
  • oíche chinn an dá lá dhéag (“eve of Epiphany”)
  • oíche chinn bliana (“New Year's eve”)
  • oíche chinn féile (“eve of festival”)
  • oíche mhaith! (“good night!”)
  • Oíche na Gloine Briste (“Kristallnacht”)
  • Oíche Nollag (“Christmas Eve”)
  • Oíche Shamhna (“Halloween”)
  • oíche-iamh (“nyctinasty”)
  • oíchí (“nocturnal”, adjective)
  • solas oíche (“night-light”)
  • thar oíche (“overnight”)
  • titim na hoíche (“till nightfall”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
oíche n-oíche hoíche not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 46
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 68

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