dind
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [dʲin͈d]
Etymology 1
Univerbation of di + in
Article
dind
- of/from the sg
Etymology 2
From Proto-Celtic *dindu, cognate to Proto-Germanic *tindaz (“peak, tip”).
Noun
dind n
- height, hill
- c. 808, Félire Oengusso, published in Félire Óengusso Céli Dé: The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee (1905, Harrison & Sons), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes, May 17
- Scorsit cen chuit fainne for dind flatha finde.
- They unyoked, without a wit of weakness, on a height of the blessed kingdom.
- c. 808, Félire Oengusso, published in Félire Óengusso Céli Dé: The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee (1905, Harrison & Sons), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes, May 17
- a fortified settlement, stronghold
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 63a13
- a ṅdind, Suthul á nom[en]
- The town, Suthul [was] its name.
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 63a13
Inflection
Neuter u-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | dindN | dindL | dindL, dinda |
Vocative | dindN | dindL | dind |
Accusative | dindN | dindL | dind |
Genitive | dindoH, dindaH | dindoN, dindaN | dindN |
Dative | dindL | dindaib | dindaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
dind | dind pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ | ndind |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dind”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language