madainn
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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From 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
Noun
madainn f (genitive singular maidne, plural maidnean)
Derived terms
Mutation
Scottish 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
- ^ 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