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Lughnasadh

Lughnasadh proper noun: a Gaelic/Celtic holiday celebrated on the full moon nearest the midpoint between the summer solstice and autumnal equinox, during the time of the harvesting.

Proper noun

Lughnasadh

  1. A Gaelic/Celtic holiday celebrated on the full moon nearest the midpoint between the summer solstice and autumnal equinox, during the time of the harvesting.
    • The Celtic people of Ireland viewed they year in two equal halves, Samhain, side of dark, and Beltaine, side of light. Dividing these halves are the harvest festival of Lughnasadh and the spring festival of Imbolc. The Celtic year begins November 1st, but I have started my collection in the fall...1998, Kelly Ann McMillin, Seasons of Time, Lulu.com, page i
    • It was first light and the kitchens were alive with activity, this was Thar's day, the day of the festival of Lughnasadh, the beginning of a new year.2012, Tony Collins, The Lost Crystal: Key to the ancient world of Thar Cernunnos, AuthorHouse, page 203

Examples of Lughnasadh in a sentence

  • Dividing these halves are the harvest festival of Lughnasadh and the spring festival of Imbolc.1998, Kelly Ann McMillin, Seasons of Time, Lulu.com, page i:
  • August brings us to the eighth month of our modern calendar and the celebrations of the first harvest at Lughnasadh and the Corn Moon.2014, Lotuswulf Satyrhorn, Tribes of the Moon: A Book of Otherkin Coventry, Seasonal Rituals and Lunar Magick for All 13 Months...

Origin of Lughnasadh

From Irish Lughnasadh (obsolete form of Lúnasa (“August”)), from Old Irish Lugnasad.

Questions about Lughnasadh

What does Lughnasadh mean?
Lughnasadh means a Gaelic/Celtic holiday celebrated on the full moon nearest the midpoint between the summer solstice and autumnal equinox, during the time of the harvesting.
How do you use Lughnasadh in a sentence?
Dividing these halves are the harvest festival of Lughnasadh and the spring festival of Imbolc.
What part of speech is Lughnasadh?
Lughnasadh is a proper noun.

Words near Lughnasadh in the dictionary

  1. lugging in
  2. lugging out
  3. luggings
  4. luggis
  5. Lugh
  6. Lughnasadh
  7. lughole
  8. lugholes
  9. Lughrata
  10. luging
  11. lugmark

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