Lúnasa

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• Lughna, Lughnas, Lughnasa, Lughnasadh (superseded)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)

1. August (eighth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Declension

Declension of Lúnasa (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Lúnasa Lúnasaí vocative a Lúnasa a Lúnasaí genitive Lúnasa Lúnasaí dative Lúnasa Lúnasaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Lúnasa na Lúnasaí genitive an Lúnasa na Lúnasaí dative leis an Lúnasa don Lúnasa leis na Lúnasaí

Derived terms

• Lá Lúnasa (“first of August, Lammas”)

See also

Gregorian calendar monthsedit

• Eanáir
• Feabhra
• Márta
• Aibreán
• Bealtaine
• Meitheamh
• Iúil
• Lúnasa
• Meán Fómhair
• Deireadh Fómhair
• Samhain
• Mí na Nollag

Further reading

• “Lúnasa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “Luġnas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Lúnasa”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Lúnasa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, 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