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Samain

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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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

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Proper noun

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Samain f

  1. November
  2. (Christianity) Halloween
  3. (Christianity) All Saints' Day, All Hallows
  4. (paganism) Samhain

Descendants

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  • Irish: Samhain
  • Manx: Sauin
  • Scottish Gaelic: Samhain

See also

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Mutation

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Mutation of Samain
radical lenition nasalization
Samain Ṡamain unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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