ditnid

Middle Irish

From díten, from Old Irish dítiu, verbal noun of do·eim.

ditnid

to protect
Synonym: imm·dích
- c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:
  Bui cu oca, no·ditned in cu Lagniu uile.
  He had a dog; the dog protected all Leinster

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
ditnid	ditnid pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/, later /ɣ(ʲ)-/	nditnid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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