Old English · noun
tiwesdæg
Normalised tīwesdæġ
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈtiː.wesˌdæj/[ˈtiː.wezˌdæj]
- Syllables
- ˈtiː · wes · ˌdæj (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- tuesday
Meaning
-
Tuesday
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tīwesdæġ | tīwesdagas |
| Accusative | tīwesdæġ | tīwesdagas |
| Genitive | tīwesdæġes | tīwesdaga |
| Dative | tīwesdæġe | tīwesdagum |
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *Tīwas dag (“Tuesday”, literally “Tiw's Day”), a Germanic interpretation of Latin dies Martis, itself a translation of Ancient Greek Ἄρεως ἡμέρα (Áreōs hēméra) (interpretatio romana).
Descendants
tuesday
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