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): /d̪aɾˈd̪aːi̯nʲ/ === 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 ==== Inflection ==== Due to the word's origin as a prepositional phrase, it is indeclinable. ==== Descendants ==== Middle Irish: dardoín Irish: Déardaoin (reformed with dé (“day”)) === See also === days of the week: láe sechtmaine (appendix): lúan · Máirt · cétaín · dardaín · aín dídine · Satharn · domnach [edit] === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dardóin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language