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

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
madainn mhadainn
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. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap