Laiten

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Latina.

Proper noun

Laiten f

1. Latin (language)

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	LaitenL	—	—
vocative	LaitenL	—	—
accusative	LaitinN	—	—
genitive	LaitneH	—	—
dative	LaitinL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: Laidin
• Manx: Ladjyn
• Scottish Gaelic: Laideann

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Laiten”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language