déis
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *damstis, from Proto-Indo-European *dṃ-sth₂-is (literally “house-staying”), from *dṓm (“home, house”).[1]
Noun
déis f (genitive désa, nominative plural déisi)
- tenant, vassal
Inflection
| Feminine i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | déis | déisL | déisiH |
| Vocative | déis | déisL | déisiH |
| Accusative | déisN | déisL | déisiH |
| Genitive | désoH, désaH | désoH, désaH | déiseN |
| Dative | déisL | déisib | déisib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| déis | déis pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ | ndéis |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Weiss, Michael (September 26, 2017), “The paradigm of the word for ‘house, home’ in Old Irish and related issues”, in Indogermanische Forschungen, volume 122, issue 1, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, DOI:, ISSN 1613-0405, pages 61–82
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “déis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language