lúan
See also: Appendix:Variations of "luan"
Middle Irish edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From Old Irish lúan.
Noun edit
lúan m (genitive lúain)
- Monday
- doomsday, judgement day (based on the belief that the world will end on a Sunday)
- Synonym: bráth
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Irish: Luan
Noun edit
lúan m
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 lúan “Monday, doomsday””, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 lúan “light, radiance””, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
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.
Noun edit
lúan m (genitive lúain)
- Monday
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 67c18
- .i. hi luan ro·gabad in salm-so ł is dind oipred for·chomnacuir and.
- It was on Monday that this psalm was sung, or, it is of the work that happened then.
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 67c18
Inflection edit
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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:
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Descendants edit
Mutation edit
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| lúan also llúan after a proclitic |
lúan pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
See also edit
- (days of the week) láe sechtmaine; domnach, lúan, Máirt, cétaín, dardaín, aín dídine, Satharn (Category: sga:Days of the week) [edit]
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 lúan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language