Samhain

English Etymology en :bor ga:Samhain + 1 Pronunciation en /ˈsaʊ.wən/ /ˈsaʊ.wɪn/ en /ˈsæm.heɪn/ proscribed spelling pronunciation en en-us-Samhain.ogg US Proper noun A holiday, falling on the night of 31 October to 1 November, mentioned in Early Irish literature and celebrated by modern neo-pagans as the beginning of winter and the new year, and a time during which the spirits of the dead could return to the earth. en Edain McCoy Appendix Three: Outline for Ritual Construction A Witch’s Guide to Faery Folk: How to Work with the Elemental World:Includes a Complete Dictionary of Faeries St. Paul, Minn. Llewellyn Publishers 1994 2004 (13th printing) 354 https://books.google.com/books?id=_P5fcbMQMKEC&pg=PA354 978-0-87542-733-1 Invite, but never command, friendly spirits, faeries, or elementals to join you as you wish. In some traditions it is common to invite ancestors to join you, especially during the dark days from Samhain to Imbolg when it is believed that the portal between our dimensions is at its thinnest. en David DiSalvo Are You or Someone You Know Samhainophobic? w:Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2012/10/28/are-you-or-someone-you-know-samhainophobic/ 2012-10-28 The root word takes us back to the ancient Celts who held a ceremony called Samhain in order to honor the harvest cycle. Each October 31, the harvest would end, and the Irish would gather to kill livestock. Often, they would throw the animal’s bones onto a roaring bonfire. The people who attended Samhain believed that the dead made their presence known during the festival, and that they must be appeased or else they would cause trouble and hardship for the townspeople. https://web.archive.org/web/20251030115105/https://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2012/10/28/are-you-or-someone-you-know-samhainophobic/ 30 October 2025 Synonyms en Halloween en November Eve Derived terms en samhainophobe samhainophobia samhainophobic Translations holiday Asturian: ast Samaín m Esperanto: eo Saŭeno, eo Saveno French: fr Samain Galician: gl Samaín m Greek: el Σόουιν, el Σόγουιν Japanese: ja サウィン Korean: ko ^서우인 Polish: pl Samhain m Spanish: es Samonis m See also Anagrams en aahimns anhimas en Holidays Wicca Halloween Irish ga 2012 October 31 Etymology From ga sga Samain Halloween,samain 36129 from ga cel-pro *Samonyos (compare cel-gau samoni-) or a genitive cel-pro *samonos *samonis,*samoni- 322 either from ga ine-pro *smHon- *smH-on- together; reunion, assembly (compare goh saman together, got 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰 together, in common, sa समन together samaná, sa सम् with sám, ae 𐬵𐬀, ae 𐬵𐬀𐬨 together), from the root ine-pro *sem- together, whole, or alternatively from the same element found in the compound cel-pro *kentusamonyos beginning of summer, a derivation from ga cel-pro *samos summer (compare sga sam summer, cy haf summer) from ga ine-pro *sm̥h₂ós summer < ine-pro *semh₂-. Pronunciation ga Munster /sˠɑ̃u(ə)nʲ/ 101 200 ga Connacht /sˠaunʲ/ /ˈsˠɑvˠənʲ/ II 195 ga Ulster /ˈsˠãuwənʲ/ 57 144 Noun f -na -nacha November 21 January 1919, Constitution of Dáil Éireann, Fourth Article ga Beidh an tAireach freagarthach don Dáil san airgead a gheobhfar mar sin agus leagfaidh sé cúntaisí mionscrúduighthe ar chaitheamh an airgid fé bhrághaid na Dála dhá uair sa bhliadhain – um Shamhain is um Bealtaine. The Ministry shall be answerable to the Dáil for such moneys, and the accounts shall be audited with regard to the spending of money for the Dáil twice yearly – in November and May. 18 September 2012, Foinse, Deir Mitt Romney go bhfuil vótálaithe Obama 'ag brath ar an rialtas' i bhfíseán a sceitheadh ga Is cosúil go bhfuil Romney ag labhairt le grúpa deontóirí saibhre níos luaithe i mbliana san fhíseán agus é ag labhairt go hoscailte faoina straitéis le díriú ar an bpíosa beag den daonra nach bhfuil cinneadh déanta acu go fóill i dtaobh toghchán na Samhna ... Romney appears to be talking to a group of rich donors earlier this year in the video, and he's talking openly about the strategy of targeting the small portion of the population who still haven't made a decision about November's election ... Samhain Celtic festival; more generally the first of November. ga 1906 E. C. Quiggin A Dialect of Donegal: Being the Speech of Meenawannia in the Parish of Glenties Áindrías an Ime 196 Seachtmhain roimhe Shamhain chuaidh an Seónstanach siar ⁊ seacht ngearráin ⁊ péire cliabh air ghach gearrán fá choinne a chuid ime. A week before Samhain, Johnstone went back with seven geldings and a pair of panniers on each gelding for his butter. Declension Sa mhain mhna mhnacha Derived terms ga Mí na Samhna Month of November ga Oíche Shamhna f Halloween ga Sean-Samhain See also Mutation References smaller Further reading Saṁain 937 ga Calendar Scottish Gaelic Alternative forms gd Samhainn Pronunciation gd /ˈsaũ.iɲ/ Proper noun f -na with article: an t-Samhain November All Saints' Day All Souls' Day Derived terms gd Oidhche Shamhna gd Samh abbreviation gd samhnag bonfire or torch used at Halloween gd samhnair trick-or-treater See also Mutation Sa mhain gd Months Time Calendar