Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

From dí- +‎ guide.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

dígde f

  1. verbal noun of do·guid: asking or prayer for forgiveness
    • c. 760 Blathmac mac Con Brettan, published in "A study of the lexicon of the poems of Blathmac Son of Cú Brettan" (2017; PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth), edited and with translations by Siobhán Barrett, stanza 94
      Luid dano do dígdi a mbróin   dia cachtuir, i mBaibilóin.
      He went, indeed, on account of the appeal of their sorrow   from their captivity, into Babylon.
    • c. 815-840, “The Monastery of Tallaght”, in Edward J. Gwynn, Walter J. Purton, transl., Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, volume 29, Royal Irish Academy, published 1911-1912, paragraph 36, pages 115-179:
      dígde ind caich ro·cradis
      to beseech pardon of everyone you sg have offended

Inflection edit

Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative dígdeL dígdiL dígdi
Vocative dígdeL dígdiL dígdi
Accusative dígdiN dígdiL dígdi
Genitive dígde dígdeL dígdeN
Dative dígdiL dígdib dígdib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation edit

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

Further reading edit