détiu

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *damtyū, from *dam- +‎ *-tyū.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲeː.dʲu/

Noun

détiu f

1. verbal noun of daimid: acknowledgement

Inflection

Feminine n-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	détiu	—	—
Vocative	détiu	—	—
Accusative	déitinN	—	—
Genitive	déiten	—	—
Dative	déitinL, détiuL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• aititiu
• comditiu
• fodaitiu

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

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