immdích

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish imm·dích, attested mainly in legal texts.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /imʲˈdʲiːxʲ/

Verb

imm·dích

  1. to protect, to defend
    Synonym: ditnid
    • c. 1000, Anonymous, published in (1935) Rudolf Thurneysen, editor, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó (in Middle Irish), Dublin: Staionery Office, § 1, l. 2, page 1:Im·dīched in cú Laigniu huili.The dog protected all Leinster.

Inflection

  • Third-person singular imperfect deuterotonic: im·díched

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
imm·díchimm·dích
pronounced with /-ð(ʲ)-/, later /-ɣ(ʲ)-/
imm·ndích
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From imm- + dí- + fichid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /imʲˈdʲiːxʲ/

Verb

imm·dích (prototonic ·imdich, verbal noun imdegal)

  1. to protect, save, defend against
    • c. 700, Críth Gablach, published in Críth Gablach (1941, Dublin: Stationery Office), edited by Daniel Anthony Binchy
      Im·dích dliged a chéle cintaib cuir, cáin, cairddi[u], co neoch ata·llen.
      He defends the rights of his clients in regard to liabilities arising from contract, written law and whatever follows therefrom. [translation by DIL entries for ad·len and cáin]
    • c. 700–1200 Táin Bó Cúailnge, from the Lebor na hUídre, LU 5028
      [Ocus] im·díus-[s]a Mag Murthemne uile.
      And I will protect all of Mag Murthemne.
    Synonyms: aingid, do·eim, snáidid

Inflection

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: imm·dích

Mutation

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

Further reading

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