dín

See also: din, DIN, dìn, -din, and dìŋ

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

Etymology 2

Noun

dín m sg

  1. genitive singular of díon

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dín dhín ndín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Old Irish

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
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

  • dínach
  • dínaid
  • dínaigid

Descendants

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