"dín" meaning in Old Irish

See dín in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *dênu, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sga|cel-pro|*dênu}} Proto-Celtic *dênu, {{der|sga|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-|t=to put, place, set}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”) Head templates: {{head|sga|noun|||genitive|dína||||||||{{{3}}}||{{{pl2}}}||{{{pl3}}}|cat2=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|var=}} dín m (genitive dína), {{sga-noun|m|dína}} dín m (genitive dína) Inflection templates: {{sga-decl-u|g=m|n=s}}, {{sga-decl-noun|acc_du=dín+L|acc_du2=|acc_du3=|acc_pl=dínu|acc_pl2=|acc_pl3=|acc_sg=dín+N|acc_sg2=|acc_sg3=|class=u-m|dat_du=dínaib|dat_du2=|dat_du3=|dat_pl=dínaib|dat_pl2=|dat_pl3=|dat_sg=dín+L|dat_sg2=|dat_sg3=|gen_du=díno+L|gen_du2=dína+L|gen_du3=|gen_du4=|gen_pl=dínae+N|gen_pl2=|gen_pl3=|gen_sg=díno+H|gen_sg2=dína+H|gen_sg3=|gen_sg4=|n=s|nom_du=dín+L|nom_du2=|nom_du3=|nom_pl=dínae+H|nom_pl2=|nom_pl3=|nom_pl4=|nom_sg=dín|nom_sg2=|nom_sg3=|voc_du=dín+L|voc_du2=|voc_du3=|voc_pl=dínu|voc_pl2=|voc_pl3=|voc_sg=dín|voc_sg2=|voc_sg3=}} Forms: dína [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], dín [nominative, singular], - [dual, nominative], - [nominative, plural], dín [singular, vocative], - [dual, vocative], - [plural, vocative], dín [accusative, singular], - [accusative, dual], - [accusative, plural], díno [genitive, singular], dína [genitive, singular], - [dual, genitive], - [genitive, plural], dín [dative, singular], - [dative, dual], - [dative, plural]
  1. protection, defence, shelter Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-dín-sga-noun-9iZF2Rzz
  2. (act of) sheltering, protecting Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-dín-sga-noun-O0OCs0Rf
  3. (with ar) protection, shelter against Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-dín-sga-noun-2KmtTyco
  4. covering, thatch, roofing Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-dín-sga-noun-BFWKumRo
  5. sparing, husbanding Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-dín-sga-noun-xteVNudW Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 3 6 7 2 7 31 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 2 4 4 1 4 35 10
  6. (law) remission Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-dín-sga-noun-snXFx65n Categories (other): Law, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 3 6 7 2 7 31 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 2 4 4 1 4 35 10 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dínach, dínaid, dínaigid
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        [
          "sheltering",
          "sheltering"
        ],
        [
          "protecting",
          "protecting"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "act of",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(act of) sheltering, protecting"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "protection, shelter against"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ar",
          "ar#Old_Irish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with ar) protection, shelter against"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with ar"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "covering, thatch, roofing"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "covering",
          "covering"
        ],
        [
          "thatch",
          "thatch"
        ],
        [
          "roofing",
          "roofing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sparing, husbanding"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sparing",
          "sparing"
        ],
        [
          "husbanding",
          "husbanding"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "sga:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "remission"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "remission",
          "remission"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) remission"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dín"
}

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