Nollaig

• Nodlaig (superseded)

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

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪ˠɔl̪ˠɪɟ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪ˠɔl̪ˠɪc/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪ˠʌl̪ˠɪc/

Nollaig f (genitive Nollag, nominative plural Nollaigí)

1. Christmas (festival on 25 December; season from 24 December to 6 January)
2. a male or female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Noel or Noelle

• Alternative plural: Nollaigeacha (Cois Fharraige)

• bloc Nollag (“yule log”)
• cárta Nollag (“Christmas card”)
• Daidí na Nollag (“Father Christmas, Santa Claus”)
• Mí na Nollag (“December”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Nollaig”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “notlaic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “Nodlaig”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 520
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Nollaig”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Nollaig”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 79

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈn̪ˠɔl̪ˠɪkʲ/

Nollaig f (genitive Nollaige, plural Nollaigean)

1. Christmas

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