maidin

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Finnish

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Noun

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maidin

  1. genitive singular of maiti

Anagrams

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish matan (compare Scottish Gaelic madainn, Manx maddin), from Latin mātūtīnus (of the morning, adjective) (compare French matin), from Mātūta (goddess of morning).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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maidin f (genitive singular maidine or maidne, nominative plural maidineacha)

  1. morning

Declension

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  • Alternative genitive singular: maidne

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
maidin mhaidin not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 17, page 11
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 199
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 75, page 32

Further reading

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