maidin

Finnish

Noun

maidin

1. genitive singular of maiti

Anagrams

• amidin

Irish

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɑdʲənʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠadʲənʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠædʲənʲ/

Noun

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

1. morning

Declension

Declension of maidin (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative maidin maidineacha vocative a mhaidin a mhaidineacha genitive maidine maidineacha dative maidin maidineacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mhaidin na maidineacha genitive na maidine na maidineacha dative leis an maidin don mhaidin leis na maidineacha

• Alternative genitive singular: maidne

Derived terms

• ar maidin
• maidiniúil
• maidin mhaith

Related terms

• adhmhaidin (“early morning”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of maidin

radical	lenition	eclipsis
maidin	mhaidin	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maidin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “maidin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “maidin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024