mí na súl buí

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Literally, “month of yellow eyes”, in reference to the effects of malnutrition in the last month before the potato harvest.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /mʲiː n̪ˠə sˠuːlʲ bˠiə/[2]

Proper noun

mí na súl buí m (genitive mí na súl buí)

  1. (regional, dated) July

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of mí na súl buí
radical lenition eclipsis
mí na súl buí mhí na súl buí 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. ^ “mí na súl buidhe”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 469, page 150

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