Día

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dia"

Old Irish

Etymology

Capitalized form of día (“a god”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dʲiːa̯/

Proper noun

Día m (genitive Dé)

  1. (Christianity) God

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Día.

Declension
Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Día — —
Vocative Dé, Dǽ(i) — —
Accusative DíaN — —
Genitive DéL, Dǽ(i) — —
Dative DíaL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants
  • Irish: Dia
  • Manx: Jee
  • Scottish Gaelic: Dia

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
Día Día
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/		 nDía
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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