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dét
dét
Old Irish
Noun
dét n (genitive déit, nominative plural dét)
- tooth
- c. 845, St. Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 67b10
- c. 875, 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. 117d5
- set of teeth
- (attributively) of ivory
- in colg déit ― ivory-hilted sword
- morsel of food
Inflection
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Derived terms
- détbán, détgel (“white-toothed”)
- détidu (“toothache”)
Descendants
- Irish: déad
Etymology 2
Non-lemma forms.
Verb
·dét
- passive singular preterite conjunct of daimid
Mutation
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
dét | dét pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ |
ndét |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- “1 dét (‘tooth’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.