Bealtaine

English

Proper noun

Bealtaine

1. Alternative spelling of Beltane

Irish

Alternative forms

• Beáltaine

Etymology

From Old Irish Beltaine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲal̪ˠt̪ˠənʲə/
• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɑul̪ˠt̪ˠənʲə/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲal̪ˠt̪ˠənə/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɑːl̪ˠt̪ˠənʲə/

Proper noun

Bealtaine f (genitive Bealtaine)

1. May (month)
2. Beltane

Usage notes

• Used with the word mí (“month”), but may be used alone:

  mí na Bealtaine ― month of May

Declension

Declension of Bealtaine

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative Bealtaine Bealtainí Vocative a Bhealtaine a Bhealtainí Genitive Bealtaine Bealtainí Dative Bealtaine Bealtainí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an Bhealtaine na Bealtainí Genitive na Bealtaine na mBealtainí Dative leis an mBealtaine don Bhealtaine leis na Bealtainí

Derived terms

• bearnán Bealtaine (“marsh marigold”)
• bláth bán na Bealtaine (“hawthorn blossom”)
• cuil Bhealtaine (“may-fly”)
• idir dhá thine Bhealtaine (“in a dilemma”)
• Lá Bealtaine (“May Day”)
• (Lá) Sean-Bhealtaine, Seanlá Bealtaine (“old-style May Day, 12th May”)
• lus buí Bealtaine (“marsh marigold”)
• Oíche Bhealtaine (“eve of May Day”)
• oíche Lae Bealtaine (“May-Day night”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Bealtaine	Bhealtaine	mBealtaine
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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) “Bealtaine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 38