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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
Proper noun
Samain f
- November
- (Christianity) Halloween
- (Christianity) All Saints' Day, All Hallows
- (paganism) Samhain
Descendants
See also
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| Samain
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Ṡamain
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unchanged
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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