"Samhain" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

See Samhain in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈsaũ.iɲ/ Forms: Samhna [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Samhain [mutation, mutation-radical], Shamhain [lenition, mutation], after "an" [lenition, mutation], t-Samhain [lenition, mutation]
Head templates: {{head|gd|proper noun|genitive|Samhna|g=f}} Samhain f (genitive Samhna) Inflection templates: {{gd-mut-cons|Sa|mhain}}
  1. (with article: an t-Samhain) November Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Samhain-gd-name-neb-HXJl
  2. All Saints' Day Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Samhain-gd-name-0CZlYfBU Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 13 79 8
  3. All Souls' Day Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Calendar, Months, Time
    Sense id: en-Samhain-gd-name-iyswk7hK Disambiguation of Calendar: 9 5 86 Disambiguation of Months: 30 24 47 Disambiguation of Time: 15 10 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Samhainn Derived forms: Oidhche Shamhna, Samh [abbreviation], samhnag (english: bonfire or torch used at Halloween), samhnair (english: trick-or-treater)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "Oidhche Shamhna"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Samh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "bonfire or torch used at Halloween",
      "word": "samhnag"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "trick-or-treater",
      "word": "samhnair"
    }
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    {
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "after \"an\"",
      "source": "mutation",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "t-Samhain",
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      "ipa": "/ˈsaũ.iɲ/"
    }
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    }
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    "Scottish Gaelic lemmas",
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    "Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    {
      "english": "bonfire or torch used at Halloween",
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    },
    {
      "english": "trick-or-treater",
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    }
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    },
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      "form": "Shamhain",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "after \"an\"",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
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    },
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      "form": "t-Samhain",
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          "All Souls' Day"
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