Nollaig

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish Notlaic,[1] from Latin nātālīcia (“a birthday party”), from nātālis (“natal”), from nātus (“born”). Compare Welsh Nadolig, Breton Nedeleg and French Noël.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nollaig f (genitive Nollag, nominative plural Nollaigí)

  1. Christmas (festival on 25 December; season from 24 December to 6 January)
  2. a male given name from Latin or female, equivalent to English Noel or Noelle

Declension

Declension of Nollaig (fifth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative Nollaig Nollaigí
vocative a Nollaig a Nollaigí
genitive Nollag Nollaigí
dative Nollaig Nollaigí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an Nollaig na Nollaigí
genitive na Nollag na Nollaigí
dative leis an Nollaig
don Nollaig 		leis na Nollaigí

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “notlaic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 27, page 16
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 202
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 207, page 79

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish Notlaic, from Latin nātālīcia (“a birthday party”), with specific reference to the birth of Christ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈn̪ˠɔl̪ˠɪkʲ/

Proper noun

Nollaig f (genitive Nollaige, plural Nollaigean)

  1. Christmas

Derived terms

Further reading

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