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
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Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]dín m sg
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| dín | dhín | ndín |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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