nóin

See also: noin and nòin

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish nóin (“nones, midafternoon, midday”),[2] from Latin nōna (hōra) (“ninth hour, nones”).

Pronunciation

Noun

nóin f (genitive singular nóna, nominative plural nónta)

  1. nones
  2. afternoon
    Synonyms: iarnóin, tráthnóna
  3. noon
    Synonym: meán lae

Declension

Declension of nóin (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative nóin nónta
vocative a nóin a nónta
genitive nóna nónta
dative nóin nónta
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an nóin na nónta
genitive na nóna na nónta
dative leis an nóin
don nóin 		leis na nónta

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “neoin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 nóin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 90

Further reading

Middle Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nōna (hōra) (“ninth hour, nones”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /n͈oːnʲ/

Noun

nóin f

  1. ninth hour, nones
  2. midafternoon, the period preceding sunset
  3. (late use, paralleling English development) noon, midday

Inflection

  • Genitive singular: nóine, nóna
  • Accusative/dative singular: nóin, nóna, nónaid

Descendants

  • Irish: nóin
  • Scottish Gaelic: nòin

Mutation

Mutation of nóin
radical lenition nasalization
nóin
also nnóin after a proclitic
ending in a vowel 		nóin
pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/ 		unchanged

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

Further reading

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