damhna

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish damnae (“stuff or material out of which something is made; matter; cause, reason, motive”), from Proto-Celtic *damniyom (“material, substance”), from Proto-Indo-European *dm̥-n-eyós, from *dem- (“to build (up)”).

Noun

damhna m (genitive singular damhna, nominative plural damhnaí)

  1. matter
    1. substance, material
    2. subject (for), cause (of)
  2. (literary, of person) ’makings’, eligible person

Declension

Declension of damhna (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative damhna damhnaí
vocative a dhamhna a dhamhnaí
genitive damhna damhnaí
dative damhna damhnaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an damhna na damhnaí
genitive an damhna na ndamhnaí
dative leis an damhna
don damhna 		leis na damhnaí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of damhna
radical lenition eclipsis
damhna dhamhna ndamhna

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

References

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish damnae (“the stuff or material out of which something is wrought or created; heir; matter, cause, reason, motive”), from Proto-Celtic *damniyom (“material, substance”), from *dem- (“to build (up)”).

Noun

damhna m

  1. cause, reason

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of damhna
radical lenition
damhna dhamhna

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “damhna”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “damnae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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