in tan
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Middle Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
in tan (followed by the indirect relative)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Irish: an tan
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tan, tain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Originally the accusative singular of tan (“(point in) time”) after the definite article; thus literally, ‘(at) the time (that)’. The alternative form in tain is older; in tan has been depalatalized in proclitic position.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
in tan (followed by the indirect relative)
For quotations using this term, see Citations:in tan.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 168, page 105
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tan, tain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language