dóenacht

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From doíni (plural of duine (“person”)) +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation

Noun

dóenacht f (genitive dóenachtae, no plural)

  1. humanity
    • 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. 25c5
      Foillsigthir as n‑ísel in doínacht íar n‑aicniud húare as in deacht foda·raithmine⟨dar⟩ ⁊ noda·fortachtaigedar.
      It is made clear that the humanity is lowly according to nature because it is the Godhead that remembers it and helps it

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative dóenachtL — —
Vocative dóenachtL — —
Accusative dóenachtN — —
Genitive dóenachtaeH — —
Dative dóenachtL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

  • Middle Irish: der1

Mutation

Mutation of dóenacht
radical lenition nasalization
dóenacht dóenacht
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ 		ndóenacht

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

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