domnach

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Old Irish

Etymology

From a shortening of Late Latin diēs Dominicus (“Sunday”, literally “day of the Lord”).

Pronunciation

Noun

domnach m (genitive domnaig)

  1. Sunday
    • 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. 45d7
      I ndomnuch ro·gabad.
      On Sunday, was sung.

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative domnach domnachL domnaigL
Vocative domnaig domnachL domnachuH
Accusative domnachN domnachL domnachuH
Genitive domnaigL domnach domnachN
Dative domnuchL domnachaib domnachaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: domnach

Mutation

Mutation of domnach
radical lenition nasalization
domnach domnach
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ 		ndomnach

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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