"duine" meaning in Old Irish

See duine in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈd̪u.nʲe/
Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *gdonyos (“human, person”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰm̥mō (“earthling, human”), a derivation of *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”) (whence also dú (“place, spot”)). Akin to Breton den (“man”) and Welsh dyn (“man”). For the parallel semantic development of the noun for "man, human" from the cognate nominal stem for "earth", compare Latin homō (“man, person”), Old Lithuanian žmuõ (“man”) and Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌼𐌰 (guma). The plural doíni is suppletive, coming from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- (“to die”) generally reconstructed as Proto-Celtic *dowenis. Etymology templates: {{root|sga|ine-pro|*dʰeǵʰ-}}, {{inh|sga|cel-pro|*gdonyos||human, person}} Proto-Celtic *gdonyos (“human, person”), {{der|sga|ine-pro|*dʰǵʰm̥mō||earthling, human}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰm̥mō (“earthling, human”), {{cog|br|den||man}} Breton den (“man”), {{cog|cy|dyn||man}} Welsh dyn (“man”), {{cog|la|homō||man, person}} Latin homō (“man, person”), {{cog|olt|žmuõ||man}} Old Lithuanian žmuõ (“man”), {{cog|got|𐌲𐌿𐌼𐌰}} Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌼𐌰 (guma), {{noncog|ine-pro|*dʰew-|t=to die}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- (“to die”), {{der|sga|cel-pro|*dowenis}} Proto-Celtic *dowenis Head templates: {{head|sga|noun|||genitive|duini|||||||nominative plural|doíni||{{{pl2}}}||{{{pl3}}}|altform=|cat2=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} duine m (genitive duini, nominative plural doíni), {{sga-noun|m|duini|doíni}} duine m (genitive duini, nominative plural doíni) Inflection templates: {{sga-decl-noun|acc_pl=doíni+H|acc_sg=duine+N|class=io-m|class2=i-m|dat_pl=doínib|dat_sg=duiniu+L|gen_pl=doíne+N|gen_sg=duini+L|n=sp|nom_pl=doíni+H|nom_sg=duine|voc_pl=doíni+H|voc_sg=duini+L}}, {{sga-mutation}} Forms: duini [genitive], doíni [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], duine [nominative, singular], - [dual, nominative], doíni [nominative, plural], duini [singular, vocative], - [dual, vocative], doíni [plural, vocative], duine [accusative, singular], - [accusative, dual], doíni [accusative, plural], duini [genitive, singular], - [dual, genitive], doíne [genitive, plural], duiniu [dative, singular], - [dative, dual], doínib [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], duine [error-unrecognized-form], nduine [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. person. human being Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-duine-sga-noun-TMmi8nJb Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Human

Inflected forms

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          "lang_code": "ga",
          "word": "duine"
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          "lang_code": "gv",
          "word": "dooinney"
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          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "lang_code": "gd",
          "word": "duine"
        }
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      "word": "duine"
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      "name": "der"
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        "3": "",
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        "2": "dyn",
        "3": "",
        "4": "man"
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        "3": "",
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      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌲𐌿𐌼𐌰"
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    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "-",
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        "singular"
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        "accusative",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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      "form": "duiniu",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-",
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      ]
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      "form": "doínib",
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        "plural"
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      ]
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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        "sort": ""
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        "n": "sp",
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      "args": {},
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  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        {
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          "name": "Human",
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              22,
              27
            ]
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          "text": "arná{m}·tomnad námmin duine sed deus",
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              45,
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              47,
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          "english": "You will bind, i.e. you will restrain the evil people, O God, from their iniquity, for their iniquity is prosperous if they are not restrained by God.",
          "text": "Ɔ·riris-siu .i. ar·troídfe{a}-siu inna droch daíni, a Dǽ, dia n‑anduch, air is fechtnach a n‑andach mani erthroítar húa Día.",
          "translation": "You will bind, i.e. you will restrain the evil people, O God, from their iniquity, for their iniquity is prosperous if they are not restrained by God.",
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈd̪u.nʲe/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Irish lemmas",
        "Old Irish masculine io-stem nouns",
        "Old Irish masculine nouns",
        "Old Irish masculine or feminine i-stem nouns",
        "Old Irish nouns",
        "Old Irish suppletive nouns",
        "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeǵʰ-",
        "Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
        "Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old Irish terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 6 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "sga:Human"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              22,
              27
            ]
          ],
          "english": "that he should not suppose that I am a human but a god",
          "text": "arná{m}·tomnad námmin duine sed deus",
          "translation": "that he should not suppose that I am a human but a god",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              45,
              50
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              47,
              53
            ]
          ],
          "english": "You will bind, i.e. you will restrain the evil people, O God, from their iniquity, for their iniquity is prosperous if they are not restrained by God.",
          "text": "Ɔ·riris-siu .i. ar·troídfe{a}-siu inna droch daíni, a Dǽ, dia n‑anduch, air is fechtnach a n‑andach mani erthroítar húa Día.",
          "translation": "You will bind, i.e. you will restrain the evil people, O God, from their iniquity, for their iniquity is prosperous if they are not restrained by God.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "person. human being"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "human being",
          "human being"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈd̪u.nʲe/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "duine"
}

Download raw JSONL data for duine meaning in Old Irish (6.5kB)

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  "path": [
    "duine"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "duine",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "duine",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nasalization'",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "duine",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-02 using wiktextract (e2469cc and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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