Nollaig

Irish

From Old Irish Notlaic,^[1] from Latin nātālīcia (“a birthday party”), from nātālis (“natal”), from nātus (“born”). Compare Welsh Nadolig, Breton Nedeleg and French Noël.

Nollaig f (genitive Nollag, nominative plural Nollaigí)

Declension of Nollaig (fifth declension)

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an Nollaig	na Nollaigí
genitive	na Nollag	na Nollaigí
dative	leis an Nollaig don Nollaig	leis na Nollaigí

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “notlaic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 27, page 16
^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 202
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 207, page 79

From Old Irish Notlaic,^[1] from Latin nātālīcia (“a birthday party”), with specific reference to the birth of Christ.

Nollaig f (genitive Nollaige, plural Nollaigean)

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “notlaic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 32
^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎^[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 98
^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 20