madainn
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish matan (compare Irish maidin, Manx maddin), from Latin mātūtīnus (“of the morning”, adjective) (compare French matin), from Mātūta (“goddess of morning”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmadainn f (genitive singular maidne, plural maidnean)
Derived terms
editMutation
editScottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
madainn | mhadainn |
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