sunnanniht

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to sunnan (“the sunn's”) + niht (“night”), analogous to sunnandæġ (“Sunday”, literally “the sun's day”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsun.nɑnˌnixt/, [ˈsun.nɑnˌniçt]

Noun

sunnanniht f

1. Saturday night

   On sunnanniht iċ ēode tō bedde, on sunnanmorgen iċ ārās.

   I went to bed Saturday night, got up Sunday morning.

Declension

Declension of sunnanniht (strong consonant stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sunnanniht	sunnanniht
accusative	sunnanniht	sunnanniht
genitive	sunnanniht	sunnannihta
dative	sunnanniht	sunnannihtum

Descendants

• Middle English: sunne niht, sune-niȝt, sonen-nyȝht, sonne niȝt, sonne-nyȝt, sonnes night