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”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɑdʲənʲ/^[2]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠadʲənʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠædʲənʲ/^[3]

Noun

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

1. morning

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

Declension of maidin

Second declension

• Alternative genitive singular: maidne

Derived terms

• ar maidin
• maidiniúil
• maidin mhaith

Related terms

• adhmhaidin (“early morning”)

Mutation

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

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. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 75, page 32

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