dona
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Medieval fresco, Vilar de Donas, Galicia
See also: Appendix:Variations of "dona"
Catalan
Etymology 1
Inherited from Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina. Compare Occitan dòna, French dame, Italian donna.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
dona f (plural dones)
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Verb
dona
- inflection of donar:
Further reading
- “dona” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “dona”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “dona” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “dona” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
dona f
- Italian noble woman, lady, originally a noble title
Declension
Related terms
Etymology 2
Noun
dona
Further reading
- "dona, donna" in Věra Petráčková, Jiří Kraus et al. Akademický slovník cizích slov I. Academia, 1995, ISBN 80-200-0497-1, page 175.
Anagrams
Dalmatian
Etymology
From Latin domina. Compare Catalan dona, Italian donna, Romanian doamnă.
Noun
dona f
See also
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese dona, from Late Latin domna, from Latin domina.
Pronunciation
Noun
dona f (plural donas)
- female equivalent of dono
- lady, mistress, noblewoman, gentlewoman (woman of breeding and authority)
- (formal) wife, married woman
- —A túa muller é unha lercha! —Miña dona é unha santa!
- —Your wife is telltale! —My lady is but a saint!
- (formal) woman
- —Miñas donas e meus señores: ...
- —Ladies and gentlemen: ...
Derived terms
References
- “dona” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “dona” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “dona” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “dona” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “dona” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Garo
Etymology
Analyzable as /don/ + /-a/ This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Verb
dona (transitive)
Related terms
References
- Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon, Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 330
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish dona, from Proto-Celtic *dognawos. See sona.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔn̪ˠə/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔnˠə/, /ˈd̪ˠɔn̪ˠə/; /ˈd̪ˠɞnˠə/, /ˈd̪ˠɞn̪ˠə/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠʌnˠə/, /ˈd̪ˠʌn̪ˠə/
Adjective
dona (comparative measa)
Declension
Declension of dona
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | dona | dhona | dona; dhona² | |
| Vocative | dhona | dona | ||
| Genitive | dona | dona | dona | |
| Dative | dona; dhona¹ |
dhona | dona; dhona² | |
| Comparative | níos measa | |||
| Superlative | is measa | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| dona | dhona | ndona |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dona”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dona”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 69
Italian
Pronunciation
Verb
dona
- inflection of donare:
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
dōna
Verb
dōnā
References
- dona in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *dognawos. See sona.
Pronunciation
Adjective
dona
Antonyms
Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| dona | dona pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ |
ndona |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese dona, from Late Latin domna, from Latin domina. Doublet of dama.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɔnɐ
- Hyphenation: do‧na
Noun
dona f (plural donas)
- feminine of dono
- (colloquial, familiar) a title of address to an adult woman, especially a middle-aged one
- Oi, dona Ana! Como vão as coisas?
- Hi, Mrs. Ana! How are things going?
- (colloquial, used mostly by young people) lady (adult female human, especially one old enough to be a mother)
- Synonym: senhora
- Ei, dona, a senhora poderia por favor tirar seu carro?
- Hey, lady, could you please move your car?
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French donner, from Latin donō.
Verb
a dona (third-person singular present donează, past participle donat) 1st conj.
- to donate (to give away something of value)
Conjugation
conjugation of dona (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
| infinitive | a dona | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | donând | ||||||
| past participle | donat | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | donez | donezi | donează | donăm | donați | donează | |
| imperfect | donam | donai | dona | donam | donați | donau | |
| simple perfect | donai | donași | donă | donarăm | donarăți | donară | |
| pluperfect | donasem | donaseși | donase | donaserăm | donaserăți | donaseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să donez | să donezi | să doneze | să donăm | să donați | să doneze | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | donează | donați | |||||
| negative | nu dona | nu donați | |||||
Related terms
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
dona (comparative miosa, qualitative noun miosad or donad)
- bad
- aimsir dona - bad weather
Synonyms
Antonyms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| dona | dhona |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English doughnut.
Noun
dona f (plural donas)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
dona
- inflection of donar:
Further reading
- “dona”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Etymology
Verb
dona (present donar, preterite donade, supine donat, imperative dona)
- to do various small tasks
- Har donat i köket otaliga timmar nu
- I've been busy in the kitchen for several hours now
- Vi fixade och donade inför bröllopet
- We were busy preparing for the wedding
Conjugation
Conjugation of dona (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | dona | — | ||
| Supine | donat | — | ||
| Imperative | dona | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | donen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | donar | donade | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | dona | donade | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | done | donade | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | donande | |||
| Past participle | donad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
References
- dona in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- dona in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- dona in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams
Tok Pisin
Etymology
Noun
dona
- donor (usually used to refer to countries that give aid to Papua New Guinea)
Venetian
Etymology
From Late Latin domna, from Latin domina. Compare Italian donna.
Noun
dona f (plural done)