Old Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *damyeti (to allow, permit, endure), from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (to tame, domesticate).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

daimid (conjunct ·daim or ·dam, verbal noun détiu or damthu)

  1. to endure, suffer
  2. to submit to (a judgment), assent to (a decision)
  3. to permit, let
  4. to allow

Conjugation edit

Although the present stem belongs class B II, some forms take on the shape of class B I, subtype S1c, such as the third-person singular present absolute damaid and the passive singular forms damair and ·damar.

The preterite forms are deponent.

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
daimid daimid
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
ndaimid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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