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
Declension of dín

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dín dína
Vocative a dhín a dhína
Genitive díne dín
Dative dín dína

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an dín na dína
Genitive na díne na ndín
Dative leis an dín

don dín

 leis na dína

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

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, Stirling, →ISBN, page dìon
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