ditá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dita"

Old Irish

Etymology

From dí- +‎ ·tá, likely a calque of Latin distō.

The prefix dí- usually appears as do· in pretonic position, but not in the only attested deuterotonic form of this verb, di·taam.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʲiˈtɑː/

Verb

di·tá (prototonic ·dithá, verbal noun debuith)

  1. to differ, be different
    Synonym: dechraigidir
    • 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. 117b9
      di·taam-ni .i. dechrigmir-ni ón
      We stand apart i.e. we differ thus

Inflection

Complex, class A III present
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut. di·taam
prot. ·dithát
imperfect indicative deut.
prot.
preterite deut.
prot.
perfect deut.
prot.
future deut.
prot.
conditional deut.
prot.
present subjunctive deut.
prot.
past subjunctive deut.
prot.
imperative
verbal noun debuith
past participle
verbal of necessity

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