doeim

Old Irish

Etymology

From dí- +‎ Proto-Celtic *emeti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- (“to take, distribute”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [doˈheβ̃ʲ]

Verb

do·eim (prototonic ·dim, verbal noun dítiu)

to protect, defend
to cover, shelter, hide

Inflection

Complex, class B I present, t preterite, é and f future, a subjunctive
		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1^st	2^nd	3^rd	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	singular	plural
present indicative	deut.		do·eme	do·eim, du·em			do·emat	do·emar
present indicative	prot.			·dim					·dimter

imperfect indicative	deut.			di·emed			du·emtis
imperfect indicative	prot.

preterite	deut.			do·ét
preterite	prot.

perfect	deut.	do·rét, do·rrét		do·rét, do·rrét; dund·rét (with infixed pronoun d-)
perfect	prot.

future	deut.	do·ém		du·éma; do·emfea			do·emfet	do·émthar
future	prot.

conditional	deut.
conditional	prot.

present subjunctive	deut.		du·emae	do·ema			do·remat (ro-form)	do·emthar
present subjunctive	prot.			·dimea; ·deroima (ro-form)

past subjunctive	deut.			du·emmais				do·emthae
past subjunctive	prot.							·dimthe

imperative			dum·em (with infixed pronoun m-)

verbal noun		dítiu
past participle		díte
verbal of necessity		díti

Quotations

c. 800–825, Diarmait, 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. 39^c22
Amal do·n-emat éoin a suthu, arin·deroima-som Día samlid.
Like a bird protects its offspring, may God protect him in the same manner.
c. 800–825, Diarmait, 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. 40^b8
cach la céin aisndís dïa thrógai, in céin n-aili aisṅdís dind ḟortacht du·rat Día dó ⁊ indas dund·rét
at the one time a statement of his misery, at another time a statement of the help that God has given him and how he has protected him
c. 800–825, Diarmait, 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. 67^c5
Du·fí .i. du·éma són.
he will avenge, i.e. he will protect
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. 31^a1
.i. im chétni precept .i. do·rret-sa soscele.
i.e. in my first teaching, [in which] I defended the Gospel.

Mutation

Mutation of *do·eim*
radical	lenition	nasalization
do·eim (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	do·eim	do·n-eim

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