dígde

Old Irish

Etymology

From dí- +‎ guide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiːɣʲ.ðʲe/

Noun

dígde f

1. verbal noun of do·guid: asking or prayer for forgiveness
   • c. 760 Blathmac mac Con Brettan, published in "A study of the lexicon of the poems of Blathmac Son of Cú Brettan" (2017; PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth), edited and with translations by Siobhán Barrett, stanza 94

     Luid dano do dígdi a mbróin   dia cachtuir, i mBaibilóin.

     He went, indeed, on account of the appeal of their sorrow   from their captivity, into Babylon.

   • c. 815-840, “The Monastery of Tallaght”, in Edward J. Gwynn, Walter J. Purton, transl., Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, volume 29, Royal Irish Academy, published 1911-1912, paragraph 36, pages 115-179:

     dígde ind caich ro·cradis

     to beseech pardon of everyone you sg have offended

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	dígdeL	dígdiL	dígdi
vocative	dígdeL	dígdiL	dígdi
accusative	dígdiN	dígdiL	dígdi
genitive	dígde	dígdeL	dígdeN
dative	dígdiL	dígdib	dígdib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of dígde

radical	lenition	nasalization
dígde	dígde pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndígde

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), “dígde”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language