tráthnóna

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɾˠɑːn̪ˠˈhoːn̪ˠə/ (as if spelled tránthóna)
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɾˠəˈn̪ˠuːn̪ˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɾˠaˈnˠõːnˠə/, /t̪ˠɾˠaˈn̪ˠõːn̪ˠə/

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

Mutated forms of tráthnóna

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tráthnóna	thráthnóna	dtráthnóna

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

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