Old Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Celtic *dant, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.

Noun edit

dét n (genitive déit, nominative plural dét)

  1. tooth
    • 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. 67b10
      do déit glosses ad dentem
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 117d5
      huan dét ascatu glosses emulo dente
  2. set of teeth
  3. (attributively) of ivory
    in colg déitivory-hilted sword
  4. morsel of food
Inflection edit
Neuter nt-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative détN détL détL
Vocative détN détL détL
Accusative détN détL détL
Genitive dét dét détN
Dative déitL détaib détaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

This declension was soon replaced by a regular o-stem declension in later varieties of Irish.

Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Irish: déad
  • Scottish Gaelic: deud

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

·dét

  1. passive singular preterite conjunct of daimid

Mutation edit

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

References edit

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French zède.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

dét

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z.