isindí

Old Irish

Etymology

Univerbation of i (in) +‎ *indí ((s)he who, that which, dative singular)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /isʲin͈ˈdʲiː/

Pronoun

isindí

  1. in him/her who, in that which

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. 56b31
    Cía techtid nach aile ní ad·chobrai-siu ⁊ ní techtai-siu ón immurgu, ní étaigther-su immanísin, .i. ní ascnae ⁊ ní charae; is sí indala ch[í]all les isindí as emulari in sin.
    Though another may possess what you may desire and you do however not possess, you should not be jealous of that thing, i.e. you should not seek after and love it; that is one of the two meanings that he finds in that which is emulari.

Conjunction

isindí

  1. in that, since, because (often followed by a nasalising relative clause)

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. 74d7
    .i. is follus rund·gabsat t'erchoilti-siu indium-sa· isindí arndam·roichlisse hua bás
    i.e. it is clear that your determinations are in me, since you have guarded me from death.
  • 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. 125b9
    Is follus romtar bibdaid-som isindí do·rathchratha.
    It is clear that they had been guilty in that they had been redeemed.

Synonyms

For synonyms, see Thesaurus:sga:ar.

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