Oíche Shamhna

Irish

Etymology

Literally, “night of Samhain”. Compare Scottish Gaelic Oidhche Shamhna.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˌĩː ˈhãunˠə/, /ˌĩː ˈhãun̪ˠə/[1]

Proper noun

Oíche Shamhna f (genitive Oíche Shamhna)

  1. Halloween
    culaith Oíche Shamhna ― Halloween costume

Mutation

Mutated forms of Oíche Shamhna
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Oíche Shamhna nOíche Shamhna hOíche Shamhna not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 344, page 118

Further reading

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