Jelhein

Manx

Alternative forms

  • Jelune, Jy-luain, Jelhuin, Jeleyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish día lúain,[1] from Late Latin diēs Lūnae. Cognate with Irish Dé Luain and Scottish Gaelic Diluain.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʒeˈləːnʲ/[2], [dʒəˈləːnʲ][3], [dʒeˈliᵈnʲ], [dʒeˈleːᵈnʲ][4]

Adverb

Jelhein

  1. on Monday
    Honnick mee Jelhein eh. ― I saw him on Monday.

Proper noun

Jelhein m

  1. Monday

See also

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lúan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Christopher Lewin (2020), Aspects of the historical phonology of Manx, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, →DOI, page 173
  3. ^ Christopher Lewin (2020), Aspects of the historical phonology of Manx, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, →DOI, page 186
  4. ^ Broderick, George (1986), “Jeleyn”, in A Handbook of Late Spoken Manx (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie), volume 2: Dictionary, Tübingen: Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 229
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