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Esperanto
Verb
donas
- present of doni
Ido
Verb
donas
- present of donar
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish donas m (“ill-luck, misfortune, calamity”).
Pronunciation
Noun
donas m (genitive singular donais)
- bad luck, misfortune
- affliction, misery
- deuce, mischief
Declension
Derived terms
- donaisín m (“little wretch, weakling”)
- donasach (“unfortunate; ailing, miserable”, adjective)
- donasaí m (“ailing person; miserable person”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| donas
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dhonas
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ndonas
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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
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “donas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “donas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Latin
Verb
dōnās
- second-person singular present active indicative of dōnō
Portuguese
Noun
donas
- plural of dona
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdonas/
- Rhymes: -onas
- Syllabification: do‧nas
Noun
donas f pl
- plural of dona
Verb
donas
- second-person singular present indicative of donar