choíche

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish caidche, from Old Irish coidchi (“all day”), from co aidchi (literally “until night”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈxiːhə/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /əˈxiːnʲ/[3] (corresponding to a choidhchin)
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈxiːçɪ/[4]; /əˈxiːçɪ/ (corresponding to the form a choíche)[5]

Adverb

choíche

  1. ever (chiefly with reference to the future)
  2. never (after a negative)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “choíche”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caidchi”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 168
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 329, page 114
  5. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 137, page 53

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