Lúnasa
التعريفات والمعاني
== Irish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
Lughna, Lughnas, Lughnasa, Lughnasadh (superseded)
Lúna
Lúnasna (Ulster)
=== Etymology ===
From earlier Lughnasadh, from Old Irish Lugnasad.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈl̪ˠuːn̪ˠəsˠə/
(Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈl̪ˠuːn̪ˠəsˠn̪ˠə/ (corresponding to the form Lúnasna)
=== Proper noun ===
Lúnasa m (genitive Lúnasa, nominative plural Lúnasaí)
August (eighth month of the Gregorian calendar)
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
Lá Lúnasa (“first of August, Lammas”)
=== See also ===
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“Lúnasa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “Luġnas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 684; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “Lúnasa”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “Lúnasa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Lugnasad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language