daingen
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Adjective
daingen (comparative daingniu)
Inflection
o/ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | daingen | daingen | daingen |
Vocative | daingin* daingen** | ||
Accusative | daingen | daingin | |
Genitive | daingin | daingne | daingin |
Dative | daingen | daingin | daingen |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | daingin | daingne | |
Vocative | daingniu daingne† | ||
Accusative | daingniu daingne† | ||
Genitive | daingen | ||
Dative | daingnib | ||
Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative |
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
daingen n
- stronghold, fastness, fortress, defence
- enclosure, fence
- bond, compact, covenant, espousal, security
Inflection
Neuter o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | daingenN | daingenN | daingenL, daingne |
Vocative | daingenN | daingenN | daingenL, daingne |
Accusative | daingenN | daingenN | daingenL, daingne |
Genitive | dainginL | daingen | daingenN |
Dative | daingenL | daingnib | daingnib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
|
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
daingen | daingen pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ |
ndaingen |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “daingen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language