Lúnasa
Irish
Alternative forms
- Lughna, Lughnas, Lughnasa, Lughnasadh (superseded)
- Lúna
- Lúnasna (Ulster)
Etymology
From earlier Lughnasadh, from Old Irish Lugnasad.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lúnasa m (genitive Lúnasa, nominative plural Lúnasaí)
- August (eighth month of the Gregorian calendar)
Declension
Declension of Lúnasa
Fourth declension
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- Lá Lúnasa (“first of August, Lammas”)
See also
- (Gregorian calendar months) Eanáir, Feabhra, Márta, Aibreán, Bealtaine, Meitheamh, Iúil, Lúnasa, Meán Fómhair, Deireadh Fómhair, Samhain, Mí na Nollag (Category: ga:Months)
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 22
Further reading
- Entries containing “Lúnasa” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “Luġnas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Entries containing “Lúnasa” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Lúnasa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “Lugnasad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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