Lúnasa
Irish
Alternative forms
- Lughna, Lughnas, Lughnasa, Lughnasadh (superseded)
- Lúna
- Lúnasna (Ulster)
Etymology
From earlier Lughnasadh, from Old Irish Lugnasad.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈl̪ˠuːn̪ˠəsˠə/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈl̪ˠuːn̪ˠəsˠn̪ˠə/[1] (corresponding to the form Lúnasna)
Proper noun
Lúnasa m (genitive Lúnasa, nominative plural Lúnasaí)
- August (eighth month of the Gregorian calendar)
Declension
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Derived terms
- Lá Lúnasa (“first of August, Lammas”)
See also
Gregorian calendar monthsedit
References
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 22
Further reading
- “Lúnasa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “Luġnas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 684; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- 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