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 *samos (“summer”) (compare sam (“summer”), Welsh haf (“summer”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsaβ̃ɨnʲ]
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.
Descendants
See also
- (month): Previous: Octimber. Next: Deicimber
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| Samain | Ṡamain | Samain |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “samain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language