Editing Lughnasadh (section)

==Name==
In [[Old Irish]] the name was {{lang|sga|Lugnasad}} ({{IPA|ga|ˈl̪ˠʊɣnˠəsˠəd̪ˠ|label=Modern Irish:}}). This is a combination of {{lang|sga|Lug}} (the god [[Lugh]]) and {{lang|sga|násad}} (an assembly), which is unstressed when used as a suffix.<ref name="Foclóir_Dineen" /> Another theory is that it originated from the word ''nás'' (death), rather than ''násad''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Williams |first=Mark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C3SYDwAAQBAJ&dq=DIL+death+meaning+n%C3%A1s&pg=PA24 |title=Ireland's Immortals: A History of the Gods of Irish Myth |date=2018-12-04 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-0-691-18304-6 |pages=24 |language=en}}</ref> Later spellings include {{lang|sga|Luᵹ̇nasaḋ}}, {{lang|sga|Lughnasadh}} and {{lang|sga|Lughnasa}}.

In [[Irish language|Modern Irish]], the spelling is {{lang|ga|Lúnasa}} {{IPAc-ga|ˈ|ll|uː|n|@|s|@}}, which is also the name for August. The [[genitive case]] is also {{lang|ga|Lúnasa}} as in {{lang|ga|Mí Lúnasa}} (Month of August)<ref name="Foclóir_Dineen">{{Cite book |last=Dineen |first=Patrick S. |title=Foclóir Gaeďilge agus Béarla an Irish–English Dictionary |publisher=The Educational Company of Ireland, Ltd |year=1927 |location=Dublin and Cork, Ireland}}</ref> and {{lang|ga|Lá Lúnasa}} (Day of Lúnasa).<ref name="the_pocket_oxford_irish_dictionary_bearla_gaeilge_gaeilge_be">{{Cite book |last1=Grundy |first1=Valerie |title=The Oxford pocket Irish dictionary: Béarla–Gaeilge, Gaeilge–Béarla / English–Irish, Irish–English |last2=Cróinín, Breandán |first2=Ó |last3=O Croinin |first3=Breandan |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=2000 |isbn=0-19-860254-5 |pages=479}}</ref><ref name="focloir_poca_english_irish_irish_english_dictionary_gaeilge_">{{Cite book |last=O'Donaill |first=Niall |title=Focloir Poca English – Irish / Irish – English Dictionary – Gaeilge / Bearla |publisher=French European Publications |year=1992 |isbn=0-8288-1708-1 |pages=809, 811|edition=Irish }}</ref> In [[Scottish Gaelic|Modern Scottish Gaelic]] ({{lang|gd|Gàidhlig}}), the festival and the month are both called {{lang|gd|Lùnastal}} {{IPA|gd|ˈl̪ˠuːnəs̪t̪əl̪ˠ|}}.<ref name="etymological_dictionary_of_scottish_gaelic">{{Cite book |last=Macbain |first=Alexander |title=Etymological dictionary of Scottish-Gaelic |publisher=Hippocrene Books |year=1998 |isbn=0-7818-0632-1 |location=[[New York City]] |page=236}}</ref> In [[Manx Gaelic|Manx]] ({{lang|gv|Gaelg}}), the festival and the month are both called {{lang|gv|Luanistyn}} {{IPA|gv|ˈluanɪstθən|}}. The day itself may be called either {{lang|gv|Laa Luanistyn}} or {{lang|gv|Laa Luanys}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gaelg.iofm.net/DICTIONARY/engman.pdf |title=English/Manx Dictionary |last=Kelly |first=Phil |publisher=mannin.info |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604150115/http://www.gaelg.iofm.net/DICTIONARY/engman.pdf |archive-date=4 June 2012 |access-date=3 April 2012 }}</ref>

In [[Welsh language|Welsh]] ({{lang|cy|Cymraeg}}), the day is known as {{lang|cy|[[Calan Awst]]}}, originally a [[Latin]] term,<ref name="a_dictionary_of_celtic_mythology">{{Cite book |last=MacKillop |first=James |title=Dictionary of Celtic mythology |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-280120-1 |page=72}}</ref> meaning the ''Calends of August''.<ref name="Foclóir_Dineen" /> In [[Breton language|Breton]] ({{lang|br|brezhoneg}}), the day was known as {{lang|br|Gouel Eost}},<ref>{{Cite book |last=Loth |first=Joseph |title=Annales de Bretagne |year=1898 |page=260}}</ref> the ''Feast of August''.