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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish nóin (“nones, midafternoon, midday”), from Latin nōna (hōra) (“ninth hour, nones”).
Pronunciation
Noun
nóin f (genitive singular nóna, nominative plural nónta)
- nones
- afternoon
- Synonyms: iarnóin, tráthnóna
- noon
- Synonym: meán lae
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “neoin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 nóin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 90
Further reading
Middle Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nōna (hōra) (“ninth hour, nones”).
Pronunciation
Noun
nóin f
- ninth hour, nones
- midafternoon, the period preceding sunset
- (late use, paralleling English development) noon, midday
Inflection
Descendants
Mutation
| Middle Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| nóin |
unchanged |
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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