in tan

From Old Irish in tan.

in tan (followed by the indirect relative)

1. when

• in tan sin

• Irish: an tan

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tan, tain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• in tain

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]

• IPA^(key): /in͈ˈtan/

in tan (followed by the indirect relative)

1. when

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

• Middle Irish: in tan
  • Irish: an tan

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tan, tain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language