in tan

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Middle Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish in tan.

Conjunction

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in tan (followed by the indirect relative)

  1. when
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Descendants

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  • Irish: an tan

Further reading

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Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Conjunction

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in tan (followed by the indirect relative)

  1. when

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

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ 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

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