Samain
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *samonios (compare Gaulish samoni-), either from Proto-Indo-European *sam (“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
- Halloween
- (Christianity) All Saints' Day, All Hallows
- (paganism) Samhain
- ca. 1200, John Strachan and 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.
- In lúan iar Samain is and documlaiset.
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Descendants
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
- “samain” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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