Lúnasa
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From earlier Lughnasadh, from Old Irish Lugnasad.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈl̪ˠuːn̪ˠəsˠə/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈl̪ˠuːn̪ˠəsˠn̪ˠə/[1] (corresponding to the form Lúnasna)
Proper noun[edit]
Lúnasa m (genitive Lúnasa, nominative plural Lúnasaí)
- August (eighth month of the Gregorian calendar)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Lúnasa
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms[edit]
- Lá Lúnasa (“first of August, Lammas”)
See also[edit]
- (Gregorian calendar months) Eanáir, Feabhra, Márta, Aibreán, Bealtaine, Meitheamh, Iúil, Lúnasa, Meán Fómhair, Deireadh Fómhair, Samhain, Mí na Nollag (Category: ga:Months)
References[edit]
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 22
Further reading[edit]
- “Lúnasa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “Luġnas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Lúnasa”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Lúnasa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Lugnasad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language