maidin
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Finnish
[edit]Noun
[edit]maidin
Anagrams
[edit]Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish matan (compare Scottish Gaelic madainn, Manx maddin), from Latin mātūtīnus (“of the morning”, adjective) (compare French matin), from Mātūta (“goddess of morning”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠɑdʲənʲ/[2]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈmˠadʲənʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠædʲənʲ/[3]
Noun
[edit]maidin f (genitive singular maidine or maidne, nominative plural maidineacha)
Declension
[edit]Declension of maidin
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative genitive singular: maidne
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- adhmhaidin (“early morning”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| maidin | mhaidin | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 matan, maiten”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 17, page 11
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 75, page 32
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maidin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “maidin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “maidin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024