díummusach

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From díummus (pride, arrogance) (from dí- + uss- + mess) + -ach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʲiːu̯musax/

Adjective

díummusach

  1. proud, arrogant
    • 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. 56a22
      Nacham·indarbanar-sa fo chomt⟨h⟩ururasib inna ndíummassach.
      Let me not be expelled under the incursions of the proud.

Declension

o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative díummusach díummusach díummusach
Vocative díummusaig*
díummusach**
Accusative díummusach díummusaig
Genitive díummusaig díummusaige díummusaig
Dative díummusach díummusaig díummusach
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative díummusaig díummusacha
Vocative díummusachu
díummusacha
Accusative díummusachu
díummusacha
Genitive díummusach
Dative díummusachaib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Descendants

  • Irish: díomasach
  • Scottish Gaelic: dìomasach

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
díummusach díummusach
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
ndíummusach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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