lúan
See also: Appendix:Variations of "luan"
Middle Irish
Etymology
Noun
lúan m (genitive lúain)
- Monday
- doomsday, judgement day (based on the belief that the world will end on a Sunday)
- Synonym: bráth
Derived terms
Descendants
- Irish: Luan
Noun
lúan m
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 lúan “Monday, doomsday””, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 lúan “light, radiance””, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *louxsnos, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂ (“moon, shining thing”), derived from the root *lewk- (“to shine”); in the meaning "Monday", originally a calque of Latin (diēs) Lūnae. Probably related to Welsh llun (“shape, figure, form”).
Noun
lúan m (genitive lúain)
- Monday
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:lúan.
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lúan | lúanL | lúainL |
| vocative | lúain | lúanL | lúanuH |
| accusative | lúanN | lúanL | lúanuH |
| genitive | lúainL | lúan | lúanN |
| dative | lúanL | lúanaib | lúanaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
See also
- days of the week: láe sechtmaine (appendix): lúan · Máirt · cétaín · dardaín · aín dídine · Satharn · domnach [edit]
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| lúan also llúan in h-prothesis environments |
lúan pronounced with /l-/ |
lúan also llúan |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 lúan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language