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madainn

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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madainn f (genitive singular maidne, plural maidnean)

  1. morning

Declension

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Declension of madainn
indefinite
singular plural
nominative madainn maidnean
genitive maidne mhaidnean
dative madainn maidnean
definite
singular plural
nominative (a') mhadainn (na) maidnean
genitive (na) maidne (nam) maidnean
dative (a') mhadainn (na) maidnean
vocative mhadainn mhaidnean
  • Alternative genitive singular: maidneadh (Uist, Barra)

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of madainn
radical lenition
madainn mhadainn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap