Diarmait

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• Diarmuit
• Dermait

Etymology

Possibly from dí- (“without”) +‎ format (“envy”) +‎ -i- (forms prefixed adjectives). The name would thus stem from a substantivized adjective meaning "(he) without envy".

Proper noun

Diarmait m (genitive Diarmata)

1. a male given name

Inflection

Masculine i-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	Diarmait	—	—
Vocative	Diarmait	—	—
Accusative	DiarmaitN	—	—
Genitive	DiarmatoH, DiarmataH	—	—
Dative	DiarmaitL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: Diarmaid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
Diarmait	Diarmait pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	nDiarmait
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Diarmait”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language