dind
Old Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Univerbation of di + in
Article edit
dind
- of/from the sg
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Celtic *dindu, cognate to Proto-Germanic *tindaz (“peak, tip”).
Noun edit
dind n
- height, hill
- c. 808, Félire Oengusso, May 17; republished as Whitley Stokes, transl., Félire Óengusso Céli Dé: The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee, Harrison & Sons, 1905:
- Scorsit cen chuit fainne for dind flatha finde.
- They unyoked, without a wit of weakness, on a height of the blessed kingdom.
- a fortified settlement, stronghold
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 63a13
- a ṅdind, Suthul á nom[en]
- The town, Suthul [was] its name.
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 63a13
Inflection edit
Neuter u-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | dindN | dindL | dindL, dinda |
Vocative | dindN | dindL | dind |
Accusative | dindN | dindL | dind |
Genitive | dindoH, dindaH | dindoN, dindaN | dindN |
Dative | dindL | dindaib | dindaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
dind | dind pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ |
ndind |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dind”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language