demin

Old Irish

Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *demenis (“certain”), of disputed origin. MacBain derives it from , while Pedersen derives it from Proto-Celtic *dī- + a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to change”), thus ‘unchangeable’.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲeṽʲinʲ/

Adjective

demin (equative demnithir, comparative demniu)

1. sure, certain
   • 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. 112^b13

     Is demniu liunn a n-ad·chiam húa súlib ol·daas an ro·chluinemmar húa chlúasaib.

     What we see with (lit. from) the eyes is more certain to us than what we hear with (lit. from) the ears.

Declension

i-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	demin	demin	demin
Vocative	demin
Accusative	demin	demin
Genitive	demin	demne	demin
Dative	demin	demin	demin
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	demni	demni
Vocative	demni
Accusative	demni
Genitive	demin* demne
Dative	demnib
Notes	*not when substantivized

Descendants

• Irish: deimhin
• Scottish Gaelic: deimhinn

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
demin	demin pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndemin
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), “deimin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “demin”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN
• Pedersen, Holger (1909) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume I, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 174

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Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *dēmin.

Adverb

demin

1. just now; immediately