1 matan, maiten
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2019
Forms:
mmatain, matin, matain, mmatin, madan, maidean, madan, maiden, madan, maidean, maidean, matain, maiden, matan, maitne
n
ā, f., (< Lat. mā(tū)tīna,
Pedersen Vgl. Gr. i 204
,
232
or < Lat. *matīna,
Ériu xxxiv 60 n. 114
):
a
s.
co mmatain
,
BCr. 33b1
.
matin,
33c5
(
Thes. ii 20.39
,
22.36
).
d
s.
isin matain
,
Ml. 44b1
.
re mmatin
,
107d13
. Also treated
as o, m. in Mid.Ir.
madan,
IGT Dec. § 18.9
,
maidean
,
§ 54.5
(ā, f.); but
madan,
§ 17.9
;
maiden,
§ 23
(o, m.); d
s.
a madan
,
ib.
ex. 717
;
ar
maidean
,
830
. Cf.
fair maitin . . . ar cumtubairt in
maitin,
O'Mulc. 491.
Mod.
maidean
(maidin), f.
(a)
morning:
matan mairt,
LU 3007.
matan in loei,
PH
103.
co tanicc maten iarna márach,
IT i 126.5
.
tráth bá
maiten dóib,
138.8
(LU = matan, Eg.). ar madain (= mane
facto),
Lat. Lives 20
=
isin maittin,
37
.
fri uare na matne,
TBC-LL¹ 2089.
a dorbblass na matni muchi,
3774
.
mór maitne
ba moch th'eirge,
4004
.
dobhurṡoillsi na maidne muiche,
CCath. 1923.
grian eirgheas i madain,
PBocht 8 § 23.
As adv.
in a
s. or d
s.:
matain tancatar a tech,
Hy. v 54
, but:
matan ba óg in
garman,
ib. 76
.
atragat . . . matain muich,
FB 64.
luid in
rectaire matain moch,
IT i 74.9
. sailm aurnaichti . . . fogníad
madin la sochuidi psalms of prayer are used by some in the
morning,
Mon. Tall. § 5.
maiden [matan v.l.] iar n-eirgi . . .
slechtuid fo thri,
ZCP vii 310 § 2.
mad mattin no berthe in
mac,
viii 309.14
. Asadv. in g
s.: dogníd C. cacha maitne cach
cless díb every morning,
TBC-LL¹ 2121.
cen a fothrucud cech
maitni,
LL 125a7
.
gacha maidne,
TSh. 260.
re tri maidneachaib a ndiaidh a ceili on three successive mornings, R.I.A.
23 P 10³, 6b34
(late form). Fig.
dawning, beginning
:
conid hé-sin fescor na haéssi-sin, ar ro-baé matan ┐ fescor cacha haéssi 'that is the close of that Age, for there was a dawning and a setting of every age',
Sex Aet. 71 § 18
.
(b)
matins (canonical hour), also called iarmérge, tiugnár,
see
KMMisc. 162.
antert, tert . . . midnoct, maten,
Thes. i
3.36
.
Compd. matan-ṡolus
dawn
,
Alex. 753.