in tan

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish in tan.

Conjunction

in tan (followed by the indirect relative)

  1. when

Descendants

  • Irish: an tan

Further reading

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /in͈ˈtan/

Conjunction

in tan (followed by the indirect relative)

  1. when

For quotations using this term, see Citations:in tan.

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909] D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 168, page 105; reprinted 2017

Further reading

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