lúan
See also: Appendix:Variations of "luan"
Middle Irish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From Old Irish lúan.
Noun
lúan m (genitive lúain)
- Monday
- doomsday, judgement day (based on the belief that the world will end on a Sunday)
- Synonym: bráth
Derived terms
Descendants
- Irish: Luan
Noun
lúan m
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 lúan “Monday, doomsday””, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 lúan “light, radiance””, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *louxsnos, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂ (“moon, shining thing”), derived from the root *lewk- (“to shine”); in the meaning "Monday", originally a calque of Latin (diēs) Lūnae.
Noun
lúan m (genitive lúain)
- Monday
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 67c18
- .i. hi luan ro·gabad in salm-so ł is dind oipred for·chomnacuir and.
- It was on Monday that this psalm was sung, or, it is of the work that happened then.
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 67c18
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lúan | lúanL | lúainL |
| vocative | lúain | lúanL | lúanuH |
| accusative | lúanN | lúanL | lúanuH |
| genitive | lúainL | lúan | lúanN |
| dative | lúanL | lúanaib | lúanaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| lúan also llúan in h-prothesis environments |
lúan pronounced with /l-/ |
lúan also llúan |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
See also
- days of the week: láe sechtmaine (appendix): lúan · Máirt · cétaín · dardaín · aín dídine · Satharn · domnach [edit]
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 lúan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language