Samain

== Old Irish == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *samonios (compare Gaulish samoni-), either from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together”) (compare Old High German saman (“together”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰 (samana, “together, in common”), Sanskrit समन (samaná, “together”), सम् (sám, “with”), Avestan 𐬵𐬀, 𐬵𐬀𐬨 (ha, ham, “together”)), or alternatively from Proto-Celtic *samos (“summer”) (compare sam (“summer”), Welsh haf (“summer”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsa.β̃ənʲ/ (Blasse) [ˈsa.β̃ɪnʲ] (Griffith) [ˈsa.β̃ɨnʲ] === Proper noun === Samain f November (Christianity) Halloween (Christianity) All Saints' Day, All Hallows (paganism) Samhain ==== Descendants ==== Irish: Samhain Manx: Sauin Scottish Gaelic: Samhain ==== See also ==== (month): Previous: Octimber. Next: Deicimber === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “samain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language