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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)
- matter
- substance, material
- subject (for), cause (of)
- (literary, of person) ’makings’, eligible person
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Eclipsis
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damhna
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dhamhna
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ndamhna
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “damhna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “damnae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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
- cause, reason
Derived terms
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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damhna |
dhamhna
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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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