Bealtaine

English

Proper noun

Bealtaine

Alternative spelling of Beltane

Irish

Alternative forms

Beáltaine

Etymology

From Old Irish Beltaine.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbʲal̪ˠt̪ˠənʲə/
(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɑul̪ˠt̪ˠənʲə/[1]
(Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲal̪ˠt̪ˠənə/
(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɑːl̪ˠt̪ˠənʲə/

Proper noun

Bealtaine f (genitive Bealtaine)

May (month)
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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Bealtaine	Bhealtaine	mBealtaine
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

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

References

Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 30

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Bealtaine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 38

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