dítiu

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdʲiːdʲiu̯]

Noun

dítiu f (genitive díten)

  1. verbal noun of do·eim (to protect)
    • 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. 67d14
      Amal rund·gab slíab Sión andes ⁊ antúaid du⟨n⟩ chath⟨raig⟩ dïa dítin, sic rund·gabsat ar ṅdá thoíb du dítin ar n-inmedónach-ni.
      As Mount Sion is located on the south and the north of the city to protect it, so are our two sides there to protect our insides.

Declension

Feminine n-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative dítiu
Vocative dítiu
Accusative dítinN
Genitive díten
Dative dítinL, dítiuL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: díten m
    • Irish: dídean
    • Scottish Gaelic: dìdean

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
dítiu dítiu
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
ndítiu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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