madainn
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish matan[1] (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)
Declension
editDeclension of madainn
- Alternative genitive singular: maidneadh (Uist, Barra)
Derived terms
editMutation
edit| 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
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
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap