díadae

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• díade

Etymology

día +‎ -de

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʲiːa̯ðɘ]

Adjective

díadae

1. godly, divine
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 28^c2

     Ní rïat na dánu díadi ara n-indeb domunde.

     Let them not sell the divine gifts for the worldly wealth.

Declension

io/iā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	díadae	díadae	díadae
Vocative	díadai
Accusative	díadae	díadai
Genitive	díadai	díadae	díadai
Dative	díadu	díadai	díadu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	díadai	díadai
Vocative	díadai díadu*
Accusative	díadai díadu*
Genitive	díadae
Dative	díadaib
Notes	* when substantivized

Descendants

• Irish: diaga

Mutation

Mutation of díadae

radical	lenition	nasalization
díadae	díadae pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndíadae

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “díadae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language