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Samain
Samain
Old Irish
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:
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In lúan iar Samain is and documlaiset.
- The Monday after Samhain they set out.
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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.