Bealtaine

English

Proper noun

Bealtaine

1. Alternative spelling of Beltane

Irish

Alternative forms

• Beáltaine

Etymology

From Old Irish Beltaine.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɑul̪ˠt̪ˠənʲə/
• (Aran, Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲal̪ˠt̪ˠənʲə/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɑːl̪ˠt̪ˠənʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲaːl̪ˠt̪ˠənʲə/

Proper noun

Bealtaine f (genitive Bealtaine)

1. May (month)
2. Beltane

Usage notes

• Used with the word mí (“month”), but may be used alone:

  mí na Bealtaine ― month of May

Declension

Declension of Bealtaine (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Bealtaine Bealtainí vocative a Bhealtaine a Bhealtainí genitive Bealtaine Bealtainí dative Bealtaine Bealtainí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Bhealtaine na Bealtainí genitive na Bealtaine na mBealtainí dative leis an mBealtaine don Bhealtaine leis na Bealtainí

Derived terms

• bearnán Bealtaine (“marsh marigold”)
• bláth bán na Bealtaine (“hawthorn blossom”)
• cuil Bhealtaine (“may-fly”)
• idir dhá thine Bhealtaine (“in a dilemma”)
• Lá Bealtaine (“May Day”)
• (Lá) Sean-Bhealtaine, Seanlá Bealtaine (“old-style May Day, 12th May”)
• lus buí Bealtaine (“marsh marigold”)
• Oíche Bhealtaine (“eve of May Day”)
• oíche Lae Bealtaine (“May-Day night”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of Bealtaine

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Bealtaine	Bhealtaine	mBealtaine

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

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) Eanáir, Feabhra, Márta, Aibreán, Bealtaine, Meitheamh, Iúil, Lúnasa, Meán Fómhair, Deireadh Fómhair, Samhain, Mí na Nollag ^{(Category: ga:Months)}

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Bealtaine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN