didiu

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• dĭ (abbreviation)
• didu

Etymology

Univerbation of di (“from”, leniting preposition with dative) +‎ ṡuidiu (“this”, stressed anaphoric pronoun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̠ʲi.ðʲu/

Adverb

didiu (never clause-initial)

1. then (in that case), therefore, so

   Synonym: trá

2. then (soon afterward), thereupon

For quotations using this term, see Citations:didiu.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “didiu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909], D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 901, pages 557–58; reprinted 2017