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Nollaig

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish Notlaic,[1] from Latin nātālīcia (“a birthday party”), from nātālis (“natal”), from nātus (“born”). Compare Welsh Nadolig, Breton Nedeleg and French Noël.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Nollaig f (genitive Nollag, nominative plural Nollaigí)

  1. Christmas (festival on 25 December; season from 24 December to 6 January)
  2. a male or female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Noel or Noelle

Declension

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Declension of Nollaig (fifth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative Nollaig Nollaigí
vocative a Nollaig a Nollaigí
genitive Nollag Nollaigí
dative Nollaig Nollaigí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an Nollaig na Nollaigí
genitive na Nollag na Nollaigí
dative leis an Nollaig
don Nollaig 		leis na Nollaigí

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “notlaic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 27, page 16
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 202
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 207, page 79

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish Notlaic, from Latin nātālīcia (“a birthday party”), with specific reference to the birth of Christ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈn̪ˠɔl̪ˠɪkʲ/

Proper noun

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Nollaig f (genitive Nollaige, plural Nollaigean)

  1. Christmas

Derived terms

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