maidin
Finnish
Noun
maidin
- 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)
- morning
Declension
Declension of maidin
Second declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative genitive singular: maidne
Derived terms
- ar maidin
- maidiniúil
- maidin mhaith
Related terms
- adhmhaidin (“early morning”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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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. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “maidin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 matan, maiten”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “maidin” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “maidin” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 32
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 11