madainn

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish matan (compare Irish maidin, Manx maddin), from Latin mātūtīnus (“of the morning”, adjective) (compare French matin), from Mātūta (“goddess of morning”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmat̪ɪɲ/
• (Barra, Argyll) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛt̪ɪɲ/

Noun

madainn f (genitive singular maidne, plural maidnean)

1. morning

Derived terms

• reul na maidne
• sa mhadainn

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
madainn	mhadainn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• 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