dímess

Old Irish

Etymology

From dí- +‎ mess (“judgement”).

Noun

dímess m

contempt, disparagement

Declension

Masculine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	dímess	—	—
vocative	dímess	—	—
accusative	dímess^N	—	—
genitive	dímseo^H, dímsea^H	—	—
dative	dímess^L	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Middle Irish: dímes

Mutation

Mutation of *dímess*
radical	lenition	nasalization
dímess	dímess pronounced with /ðʲ-/	ndímess

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