daoine

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish doíni, from Proto-Celtic *dowinis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- (“to die”) via a sense “mortal”. Although it is distinguishable from the singular only by vowel length in the modern language, it is not related to the singular duine.

Pronunciation

Noun

daoine m pl

  1. plural of duine

Mutation

Mutated forms of daoine
radical lenition eclipsis
daoine dhaoine ndaoine

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish doíni, from Proto-Celtic *dowinis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- (“to die”) via a sense “mortal”. Despite the superficial similarity, not related to the singular duine.

Pronunciation

Noun

daoine m

  1. plural of duine

Mutation

Mutation of daoine
radical lenition
daoine dhaoine

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

References

  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  2. ^ 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
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