# doeim
## Old Irish
### Etymology

From dí- +‎ Proto-Celtic *emeti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- (“to take, distribute”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [doˈheβ̃ʲ]

### Verb

do·eim (prototonic ·dim, verbal noun dítiu)
* to protect, defend
* to cover, shelter, hide

#### Inflection

| | | 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. |
| Present indicative | Deut. | | do·eme | do·eim, du·em | do·emat | do·emar | |
| Present indicative | Prot. | | | ·dim | | | ·dimter |
| Imperfect indicative | Deut. | | | di·emed | du·emtis | | |
| Imperfect indicative | Prot. | | | | | | |
| Preterite | Deut. | | | do·ét | | | |
| Preterite | Prot. | | | | | | |
| Perfect | Deut. | do·rét, do·rrét | | do·rét, do·rrét; dund·rét (with infixed pronoun d-) | | | |
| Perfect | Prot. | | | | | | |
| Future | Deut. | do·ém | | du·éma; do·emfea | do·emfet | do·émthar | |
| Future | Prot. | | | | | | |
| Conditional | Deut. | | | | | | |
| Conditional | Prot. | | | | | | |
| Present subjunctive | Deut. | | du·emae | do·ema | do·remat (ro-form) | do·emthar | |
| Present subjunctive | Prot. | | | ·dimea; ·deroima (ro-form) | | | |
| Past subjunctive | Deut. | | | du·emmais | | do·emthae | |
| Past subjunctive | Prot. | | | | | ·dimthe | |
| Imperative | Imperative | | dum·em (with infixed pronoun m-) | | | | |
| Verbal noun | Verbal noun | dítiu | | | | | |
| Past participle | Past participle | díte | | | | | |
| Verbal of necessity | Verbal of necessity | díti | | | | | |

#### Quotations

* 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. 39$^c$22
    Amal do·n-emat éoin a suthu, arin·deroima-som Día samlid.Like a bird protects its offspring, may God protect him in the same manner.
* c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 40$^b$8
    cach la céin aisndís dïa thrógai, in céin n-aili aisṅdís dind ḟortacht du·rat Día dó ⁊ indas dund·rétat the one time a statement of his misery, at another time a statement of the help that God has given him and how he has protected him
* c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 67$^c$5
    Du·fí .i. du·éma són.he will avenge, i.e. he will protect
* c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 31$^a$1
    .i. im chétni precept .i. do·rret-sa soscele.i.e. in my first teaching, [in which] I defended the Gospel.

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “doeim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 512