dénum

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Old Irish

Etymology

From dí- +‎ gním.

Pronunciation

Noun

dénum m

  1. verbal noun of do·gní
    • 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. 144d3
      Nach torbatu coitchenn ro·boí indib fri dénum n-uilc, at·rubalt tar hǽsi á pectha.
      Any common advantage that had been in them for doing evil, it has perished for their sin.

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative dénum dénumL dénmae
Vocative dénum dénumL dénmu
Accusative dénumN dénumL dénmu
Genitive dénmoH, dénmaH dénmo, dénma dénmaeN
Dative dénumL dénmaib dénmaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: déanamh
  • Manx: jannoo
  • Scottish Gaelic: dèanamh

Mutation

Mutation of dénum
radical lenition nasalization
dénum dénum
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
ndénum

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