samrad

See also: samråd

Old Irish

Etymology

From a compound of Proto-Celtic *samos (“summer”) (compare Welsh haf), from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-h₂-ó- (compare Old English sumor, Old Armenian ամառն (amaṙn)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.β̃ɾəð/
  • (Blasse) [ˈsa.β̃ɾað]
  • (Griffith) [ˈsa.β̃ɾəð]

Noun

samrad m

1. summer

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	samrad	samradL	samraidL
vocative	samraid	samradL	samraduH
accusative	samradN	samradL	samraduH
genitive	samraidL	samrad	samradN
dative	samrudL	samradaib	samradaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

• sam

Descendants

• Irish: samhradh
• Manx: sourey
• Scottish Gaelic: samhradh

See also

• seasons: aimsera: errach · samrad · fogamar · gaimred ^[edit]

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “samrad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language