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dín

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

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French dyne, from Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis, “force”).

Noun

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dín f (genitive singular díne, nominative plural díneacha)

  1. dyne
Declension
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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

Etymology 2

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Noun

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dín m sg

  1. genitive singular of díon

Mutation

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Mutated forms of dín
radical lenition eclipsis
dín dhín ndín

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *dênu, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”).[1]

Noun

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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

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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

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Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: dín

References

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  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “dín”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page dìon
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