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)

  1. 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:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of déis
radical lenition nasalization
déis déis
pronounced with /ðʲ-/		 ndéis

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Weiss, Michael (26 September 2017) “The paradigm of the word for ‘house, home’ in Old Irish and related issues”, in Indogermanische Forschungen, volume 122, number 1, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 61–82

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