díummusach

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• diummassach

Etymology

From díummus (“pride, arrogance”) (from dí- +‎ uss- +‎ mess) + -ach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲiːu̯musax/

Adjective

díummusach

1. proud, arrogant
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 56^a22

     Nacham·indarbanar-sa fo chomt⟨h⟩ururasib inna ndíummassach.

     Let me not be expelled under the incursions of the proud.

Declension

o/ā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	díummusach	díummusach	díummusach
Vocative	díummusaig* díummusach**
Accusative	díummusach	díummusaig
Genitive	díummusaig	díummusaige	díummusaig
Dative	díummusach	díummusaig	díummusach
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	díummusaig	díummusacha
Vocative	díummusachu díummusacha†
Accusative	díummusachu díummusacha†
Genitive	díummusach
Dative	díummusachaib
Notes	*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

Descendants

• Irish: díomasach
• Scottish Gaelic: dìomasach

Mutation

Mutation of díummusach

radical	lenition	nasalization
díummusach	díummusach pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndíummusach

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