Dónall

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish Domnall, from Proto-Celtic *Dubnowalos.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Dónall m (genitive Dónaill)

  1. a male given name from Proto-Celtic, equivalent to English Donald, sometimes Anglicized as Daniel

Declension

Declension of Dónall (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative Dónall
vocative a Dhónaill
genitive Dónaill
dative Dónall
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an Dónall
genitive an Dónaill
dative leis an Dónall
don Dónall

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Dónall
radical lenition eclipsis
Dónall Dhónall nDónall

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 79