dín
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from French dyne, from Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis, “force”).
Noun edit
dín f (genitive singular díne, nominative plural díneacha)
Declension edit
Declension of dín
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
dín m sg
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
dín | dhín | ndín |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *dênu, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”).[1]
Noun edit
dín m (genitive dína)
- protection, defence, shelter
- (act of) sheltering, protecting
- (with ar) protection, shelter against
- covering, thatch, roofing
- sparing, husbanding
- (law) remission
Inflection edit
Masculine u-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | dín | — | — |
Vocative | dín | — | — |
Accusative | dínN | — | — |
Genitive | dínoH, dínaH | — | — |
Dative | dínL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “dín”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page dìon