Samain
See also: samain
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *samonios (compare Gaulish samoni-), either from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together”) (compare Old High German saman (“together”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰 (samana, “together, in common”), Sanskrit समन (samaná, “together”), सम् (sám, “with”), Avestan 𐬵𐬀, 𐬵𐬀𐬨 (ha, ham, “together”)), or alternatively from Proto-Celtic *samo- (“summer”) (compare sam (“summer”), Welsh haf (“summer”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsaṽinʲ/
Proper noun
Samain f
- November
- (Christianity) Halloween
- (Christianity) All Saints' Day, All Hallows
- (paganism) Samhain
- c. 1200, John Strachan, J. G. O'Keeffe, editors, The Táin Bó Cúailnge from the Yellow Book of Lecan with variant readings from the Lebor na hUidre, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, published 1912, page 5, line 81:
- In lúan iar Samain is and documlaiset.
- The Monday after Samhain they set out.
See also
- (month): Previous: Octimber. Next: Deicimber
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| Samain | Ṡamain | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “samain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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