dind

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dʲin͈d]

Etymology 1

Univerbation of di +‎ in

Article

dind

  1. of/from the sg

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *dindu, cognate to Proto-Germanic *tindaz (“peak, tip”).

Noun

dind n

  1. height, hill
    • c. 808, Félire Oengusso, May 17; republished as Whitley Stokes, transl., Félire Óengusso Céli Dé: The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee, Harrison & Sons, 1905:
      Scorsit cen chuit fainne   for dind flatha finde.
      They unyoked, without a wit of weakness,   on a height of the blessed kingdom.
  2. 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.
Inflection
Neuter u-stem
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:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of dind
radical lenition nasalization
dind dind
pronounced with /ðʲ-/		 ndind

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

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