nóin

See also: noin and nòin

Irish

Alternative forms

• neoin (Ulster)

Etymology

From Middle Irish nóin (“nones, midafternoon, midday”), from Latin nōna (hōra) (“ninth hour, nones”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠoːnʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠuːnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /n̠ʲoːnʲ/ (corresponding to the form neoin)

Noun

nóin f (genitive singular nóna, nominative plural nónta)

1. nones
2. afternoon

   Synonyms: iarnóin, tráthnóna

3. noon

   Synonym: meán lae

Declension

Declension of nóin (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative nóin nónta vocative a nóin a nónta genitive nóna nónta dative nóin nónta forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an nóin na nónta genitive na nóna na nónta dative leis an nóin don nóin leis na nónta

Derived terms

• iarnóin
• nóinín
• tráthnóna

 

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “nóin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “nóin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “nóin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Middle Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nōna (hōra) (“ninth hour, nones”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n͈oːnʲ/

Noun

nóin f

1. ninth hour, nones
2. midafternoon, the period preceding sunset
3. (late use, paralleling English development) noon, midday

Inflection

• Genitive singular: nóine, nóna
• Accusative/dative singular: nóin, nóna, nónaid

Descendants

• Irish: nóin
• Scottish Gaelic: nòin

Mutation

Mutation of nóin

radical	lenition	nasalization
nóin	unchanged	unchanged

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 nóin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language