daimid

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• damaid

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *damyeti (“to allow, permit, endure”), from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to tame, domesticate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪a.β̃ʲəðʲ/
  • (Blasse) [ˈd̪a.β̃ʲɪðʲ]
  • (Griffith) [ˈd̪a.β̃ʲɨðʲ]

Verb

daimid (conjunct ·daim or ·dam, verbal noun détiu or damthu)

1. to endure, suffer
2. to submit to (a judgment), assent to (a decision)
3. to permit, let
4. to allow

Conjugation

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.

Simple, class B II present, á preterite, a future, a subjunctive

		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
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
	rel.
conditional				·didmad
present subjunctive	abs.		damae
	conj.	·dam		·dama			·damat	·damthar	·damtar
	rel.
past subjunctive		·damainn				·damtais		·damthae
imperative			dam, daim			damaid
verbal noun		détiu; damthu
past participle
verbal of necessity

Synonyms

• con·airléici

Derived terms

• ad·daim
• fo·daim

Mutation

Mutation of daimid

radical	lenition	nasalization
daimid	daimid pronounced with /ð-/	ndaimid

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

References

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