tráthnóna

Irish

Etymology

From tráth (“time, period”) +‎ nóna (“'nones', the 9th hour after dawn”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɾˠɑːn̪ˠˈhoːn̪ˠə/ (as if spelled tránthóna)
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɾˠɑːˈn̪ˠuːn̪ˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɾˠaˈnˠõːnˠə/

Noun

tráthnóna m (genitive singular tráthnóna, nominative plural tráthnónta)

1. afternoon, evening

Declension

Declension of tráthnóna

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative tráthnóna tráthnónta Vocative a thráthnóna a thráthnónta Genitive tráthnóna tráthnónta Dative tráthnóna tráthnónta

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tráthnóna na tráthnónta Genitive an tráthnóna na dtráthnónta Dative leis an tráthnóna don tráthnóna leis na tráthnónta

• Alternative plural: tráthnónaí (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

• ardtráthnóna
• gúna tráthnóna

Adverb

tráthnóna

1. in the afternoon, in the evening

   Beidh mé ansin tráthnóna.

   I’ll be there in the afternoon/evening.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tráthnóna	thráthnóna	dtráthnóna
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tráthnóna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tráth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tráṫnóna”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 750
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tráthnóna”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “tráthnóna”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 70
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 66