From Proto-Celtic *damyeti (“to allow, permit, endure”), from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to tame, domesticate”).
daimid (conjunct ·daim or ·dam, verbal noun détiu or damthu)
Although the present stem belongs class B II, some forms take on the shape of class B I, subtype S1c, such as the third-person singular present absolute damaid and the passive singular forms damair and ·damar.
The preterite forms are deponent.
| 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present indicative | Abs. | damaid | damait | damair | |||||
| Conj. | ·daimim | ·daimi | ·dam, ·daim | ·daimem | ·daimid | ·daimet | ·damar, ·damthar | ||
| Rel. | daimes | ||||||||
| Imperfect indicative | ·daimtis | ·damthae | |||||||
| Preterite | Abs. | dámair | dámatar, dámnatar | ||||||
| Conj. | ·dámar | ·dámair | ·dámatar, ·dámnatar | ·dét | |||||
| Rel. | |||||||||
| Perfect | Deut. | ||||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Future | Abs. | ||||||||
| Conj. | ·didam | ·didmae | ·didma | ·didmam | ·didmat | ||||
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| Conditional | ·didmad | ||||||||
| Present subjunctive | Abs. | damae | |||||||
| Conj. | ·dam | ·dama | ·damat | ·damthar | ·damtar | ||||
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| Past subjunctive | ·damainn | ·damtais | ·damthae | ||||||
| Imperative | dam, daim | damaid | |||||||
| Verbal noun | détiu; damthu | ||||||||
| Past participle | |||||||||
| Verbal of necessity | |||||||||
| Old Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| daimid | daimid pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ |
ndaimid |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||