tráthnóna

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Irish

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Etymology

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From tráth (time, period) +‎ nóna ('nones', the 9th hour after dawn).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tráthnóna m (genitive singular tráthnóna, nominative plural tráthnónta)

  1. afternoon, evening

Declension

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Declension of tráthnóna (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative tráthnóna tráthnónta
vocative a thráthnóna a thráthnónta
genitive tráthnóna tráthnónta
dative tráthnóna tráthnónta
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an tráthnóna na tráthnónta
genitive an tráthnóna na dtráthnónta
dative leis an tráthnóna
don tráthnóna
leis na tráthnónta

Derived terms

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Adverb

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tráthnóna

  1. in the afternoon, in the evening
    Beidh mé ansin tráthnóna.
    I’ll be there in the afternoon/evening.

Mutation

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Mutated forms of tráthnóna
radical lenition eclipsis
tráthnóna thráthnóna dtráthnóna

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 125, page 66
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 124
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 182, page 70

Further reading

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