oidhche

oidhche, oiche

night, Irish oidhche, Old Irish aidche, later oidche, also adaig: *ad-aqiâ, *ad-aqî, root aq, dark; Latin aquilus, dark; Lithuanian aklas, blind; Greek $$Ga$$'/karon, blind (Hes.). Sanskrit andhas, darkness, with root andh, adh, Latin ater, etc., have been suggested, the ad of *ad-aqia being made the root and not the aq (see odhar). ++oidheadh, tragical death, so Irish, Early Irish oided, aided; root pad, ped, fall, Latin pestis (Stokes). See eas.