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Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *damstis, from Proto-Indo-European *dṃ-sth₂-is (literally “house-staying”), from *dṓm (“home, house”).[1]
Noun
déis f (genitive désa, nominative plural déisi)
- tenant, vassal
Inflection
| Feminine i-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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| Nominative
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déis
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déisL
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déisiH
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| Vocative
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déis
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déisL
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déisiH
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| Accusative
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déisN
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déisL
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déisiH
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| Genitive
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désoH, désaH
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désoH, désaH
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déiseN
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| Dative
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déisL
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déisib
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déisib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Mutation
Mutation of déis
| radical |
lenition |
nasalization
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| déis
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déis
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
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ndéis
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Weiss, Michael (2017 September 26) “The paradigm of the word for ‘house, home’ in Old Irish and related issues”, in Indogermanische Forschungen, volume 122, number 1, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 61–82
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