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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish Samhain, q.v.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsaʊ.wən/, /ˈsaʊ.wɪn/
Proper noun
Samhain
- A holiday, falling on the night of October 31 to November 1, celebrated by the ancient Celts and by modern neo-pagans as the beginning of winter and the new year, and a time during which the spirits of the dead could return to the earth.
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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish Samain (“Halloween”), from Proto-Celtic *Samonyos (compare Gaulish samoni-) or a genitive *samonis, either from Proto-Indo-European *smH-on- (“together; reunion, assembly”) (compare Old High German saman (“together”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰 (samana, “together, in common”), Sanskrit समन (samaná, “together”), सम् (sám, “with”), Avestan 𐬵𐬀 (ha), 𐬵𐬀𐬨 (ham, “together”)), from the root *sem- (“together, whole”), or alternatively from the same element found in the compound *kentusamonyos (“beginning of summer”), a derivation from Proto-Celtic *samos (“summer”) (compare Old Irish sam (“summer”), Welsh haf (“summer”)) from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥h₂ós (“summer”) < *semh₂-.
Pronunciation
Noun
Samhain f (genitive singular Samhna, nominative plural Samhnacha)
- November
- 21 January 1919, Constitution of Dáil Éireann, Fourth Article
Beidh an tAireach freagarthach don Dáil san airgead a gheobhfar mar sin agus leagfaidh sé cúntaisí mionscrúduighthe ar chaitheamh an airgid fé bhrághaid na Dála dhá uair sa bhliadhain – um Shamhain is um Bealtaine.- The Ministry shall be answerable to the Dáil for such moneys, and the accounts shall be audited with regard to the spending of money for the Dáil twice yearly – in November and May.
- 18 September 2012, Foinse, Deir Mitt Romney go bhfuil vótálaithe Obama 'ag brath ar an rialtas' i bhfíseán a sceitheadh
Is cosúil go bhfuil Romney ag labhairt le grúpa deontóirí saibhre níos luaithe i mbliana san fhíseán agus é ag labhairt go hoscailte faoina straitéis le díriú ar an bpíosa beag den daonra nach bhfuil cinneadh déanta acu go fóill i dtaobh toghchán na Samhna ...- Romney appears to be talking to a group of rich donors earlier this year in the video, and he's talking openly about the strategy of targeting the small portion of the population who still haven't made a decision about November's election ...
- Samhain (Celtic festival); (more generally) the first of November.
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Irish mutation
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Radical
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Eclipsis
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Samhain
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Shamhain after an, tSamhain
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not applicable
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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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See also
- (Gregorian calendar months) Eanáir, Feabhra, Márta, Aibreán, Bealtaine, Meitheamh, Iúil, Lúnasa, Meán Fómhair, Deireadh Fómhair, Samhain, Mí na Nollag (Category: ga:Months)
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Samhain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “Samhain” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “Samhain” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 57
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*samoni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 322
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Samhain f (genitive Samhna)
- (with article: an t-Samhain) November
- All Saints' Day
- All Souls' Day
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Samhain |
Shamhain after "an", t-Samhain
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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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See also
- (Gregorian calendar months) Faoilleach, Gearran, Màrt, Giblean, Cèitean, Ògmhios, Iuchar, Lùnastal, Sultain, Dàmhair, Samhain, Dùbhlachd (Category: gd:Gregorian calendar months)