dín

See also: Appendix:Variations of "din"

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dʲiːnʲ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French dyne, from Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis, “force”).

Noun

dín f (genitive singular díne, nominative plural díneacha)

  1. dyne
Declension
Declension of dín (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative dín dína
vocative a dhín a dhína
genitive díne dín
dative dín dína
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an dín na dína
genitive na díne na ndín
dative leis an dín
don dín 		leis na dína

Etymology 2

Noun

dín m sg

  1. genitive singular of díon

Mutation

Mutated forms of dín
radical lenition eclipsis
dín dhín ndín

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

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dênu, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”).[1]

Noun

dín m (genitive dína)

  1. protection, defence, shelter
  2. (act of) sheltering, protecting
  3. (with ar) protection, shelter against
  4. covering, thatch, roofing
  5. sparing, husbanding
  6. (law) remission

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative dín — —
vocative dín — —
accusative dínN — —
genitive dínoH, dínaH — —
dative dínL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

  • dínach
  • dínaid
  • dínaigid

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: dín

References

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “dín”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page dìon
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