sunnanniht

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to sunnan (“the sunn's”) + niht (“night”), analogous to sunnandæġ (“Sunday”, literally “the sun's day”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsun.nɑnˌnixt/, [ˈsun.nɑnˌniçt]

Noun

sunnanniht f

1. Saturday night

   On sunnanniht iċ ēode tō bedde, on sunnanmorgen iċ ārās.

   I went to bed Saturday night, got up Sunday morning.

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	sunnanniht	sunnanniht
accusative	sunnanniht	sunnanniht
genitive	sunnanniht	sunnannihta
dative	sunnanniht	sunnannihtum

Descendants

• Middle English: sunne niht, sune-niȝt, sonen-nyȝht, sonne niȝt, sonne-nyȝt, sonnes night