 It is thought by some that the Republican slogan ("Our day will come") is a form of "Béarlachas", more idiomatic equivalents being "Beidh ár lá linn" ("Our day will be with us") or "Beidh ár lá againn" ("We will have our day").However, the verb "teacht", meaning "come", is often used in a variety of phrases to express the "coming" of days, such as "tháinig an lá go raibh orm an t-oileán d’fhágaint" ("the day came when I had to leave the island)".The same concept also exists within Scottish Gaelic, in which language it is referred to as .