dín

See also: din, DIN, dìn, -din, and dìŋ

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dʲiːnʲ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French dyne, from Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis, “force”).

Noun

dín f (genitive singular díne, nominative plural díneacha)

1. dyne

Declension

Declension of dín

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative dín dína Vocative a dhín a dhína Genitive díne dín Dative dín dína

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an dín na dína Genitive na díne na ndín Dative leis an dín don dín leis na dína

Etymology 2

Noun

dín m sg

1. genitive singular of díon

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dín	dhín	ndín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dênu, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”).

Noun

dín m (genitive dína)

1. protection, defence, shelter
2. (act of) sheltering, protecting
3. (with ar) protection, shelter against
4. covering, thatch, roofing
5. sparing, husbanding
6. (law) remission

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	dín	—	—
Vocative	dín	—	—
Accusative	dínN	—	—
Genitive	dínoH, dínaH	—	—
Dative	dínL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• dínach
• dínaid
• dínaigid

Descendants

• Middle Irish: dín
  • Irish: díon