nóin
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish nóin (“nones, midafternoon, midday”), from Latin nōna (hōra) (“ninth hour, nones”).
Noun
nóin f (genitive singular nóna, nominative plural nónta)
Declension
Declension of nóin
Derived terms
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 nóin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “nóin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “nóin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “nóin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Old Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nōna (hōra) (“ninth hour, nones”).
Pronunciation
Noun
nóin f
- ninth hour, nones
- midafternoon, the period preceding sunset
- (late use, paralleling English development) noon, midday
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
nóin also nnóin after a proclitic |
nóin pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 nóin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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