Novelúa

De Novelúa xa falamos hai tempo, pero agora imos dar unha proba de que lúa non procede de lúa-moon, como a primeira vista se pode pensar senón de lú, mínimo, máis pequeno, menor.

lú :beag2

beag2, a. (gsm. big, gsf. bige, npl. ~a, comp. lú). 1. Little, small. (a) (Size, amount, extent, degree) Leanbh ~, little child. Teach ~, little house. Athrú, biseach, ~, slight change, improvement. Solas ~, little, dim, light. Tamall ~, little while. Rúid bheag, little, short, spurt. Torann ~, low sound. Siúl ~, slow speed, walk; short walk. Corradh ~ le bliain, a little over a year. Na rudaí ~a, the little, the young, ones. Na daoine ~a, the fairies. Ag éirí ~, diminishing. Tá na bróga ~ agam, dom, the shoes are (too) small for me. Bíodh múineadh ~ ort, behave yourself a little. Bhí eagla bheag air, he was a bit afraid. Tá deifir bheag leis, it is rather urgent. Is ~ aird atá agaibh orm, you pay little attention to me. Is ~ is fiú é, it is not worth much. An chuid is lú de, the least part of it. Is ~ an rud dom labhairt leis, at least I should speak to him. Is é is lú is gann duit é, it’s the least you might do. Is ~ an obair lae duit é, it’s the least you might do. Ní ~ dúinn a luas, it will come soon enough for us Ar an gcuid is lú, at least. Is ~ le rá é, it is not worth mentioning. An té is lú eolas, the least knowledgeable person. Is ~ an tsuim, de shuim, iad, they are of no consequence. Is ~ de charthanacht iad, they are very uncharitable. Is ~ sin de, there is much more to it than that. Ní ~ a bhfuil ráite, there is enough said. ......

Desde logo a igrexa orixinal era moi pequena, era lú, latinizada a lúa. De feito a igrexa orixinal está encapsulada, interiorizada na igrexa actual, coma se dunha boneca rusa se tratara.