Día
See also: Appendix:Variations of "dia"
Old Irish
Etymology
Capitalized form of día (“a god”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʲiːa̯/
Proper noun
Día m (genitive Dé)
- (Christianity) God
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 13b15
- Is gúḟorcell do·beram do Día amal ṡodin.
- It is false testimony that we give to God in that case.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 29a12
- indhí pridchite et for·chanat bréthir Dǽ
- those who preach and teach God’s word
- c. 875, 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. 51b12
- ní ind fessin eirbthi, ⁊ nách dó du·aisilbi na nní do·gní, acht is do Día
- it is not in himself that he trusts, and it is not to himself that he ascribes whatever he does, but it is to God
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 13b15
Declension
Masculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | Día | — | — |
Vocative | Dé, Dǽ | — | — |
Accusative | DíaN | — | — |
Genitive | DéL, Dǽ | — | — |
Dative | DíaL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Irish: Dia
- Manx: Jee
- Scottish Gaelic: Dia
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
Día | Día pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ | nDía |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |