Dòmhnall

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish , from Old Irish Domnall. Cognates include Irish Dónall.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Dòmhnall m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Donald

Declension

Declension of Dòmhnall (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative Dòmhnall Dòmhnaill
genitive Dòmhnaill Dhòmhnall
dative Dòmhnall Dòmhnaill; Dòmhnallaibh✝
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) Dòmhnall (na) Dòmhnaill
genitive (an) Dòmhnaill (nan) Dòmhnall
dative (an) Dòmhnall (na) Dòmhnaill; Dòmhnallaibh✝
vocative Dhòmhnaill Dhòmhnalla

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: Donald
  • → Faroese: Dunaldur

Mutation

Mutation of Dòmhnall
radical lenition
Dòmhnall Dhòmhnall

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath, page 138
  3. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
  4. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
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