From Old High German *duon, northern variant of tuon, from Proto-Germanic *dōną.
donn (third-person singular present deet or deit, preterite dät, past participle jedon or jedonn)
From Old Irish donn, from Proto-Celtic *dusnos (“brown”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke”).
donn (genitive singular masculine doinn, genitive singular feminine doinne, plural donna, comparative doinne)
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | donn | dhonn | donna; dhonna² | |
Vocative | dhoinn | donna | ||
Genitive | doinne | donna | donn | |
Dative | donn; dhonn¹ |
dhonn; dhoinn (archaic) |
donna; dhonna² | |
Comparative | níos doinne | |||
Superlative | is doinne |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | donn | dhonn | donna; dhonna² | |
Vocative | dhuinn | donna | ||
Genitive | duinne | donna | donn | |
Dative | donn; dhonn¹ |
dhonn; dhuinn (archaic) |
donna; dhonna² | |
Comparative | níos duinne | |||
Superlative | is duinne |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
donn m or f (genitive singular doinn or doinne)
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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donn (present analytic donnann, future analytic donnfaidh, verbal noun donnadh, past participle donnta)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
From Old Irish donn (“chief, lord, noble”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰus-no-.
donn m (genitive singular doinn, nominative plural doinn)
donn f (genitive singular doinne, nominative plural donna)
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
donn | dhonn | ndonn |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
From Arabic. Probably the imperfect of ظَنَّ (ẓanna, “to think, opine, conjecture”) in a phrase like أَظُنُّهُم مُتَضايِقِين (ʔaẓunnuhum mutaḍāyiqīn, “I think them despondent”). Then reconstrued as an adverb (or false verb). Alternatively from the related noun ظَنّ (ẓann, “opinion, conjecture”), but this seems unlikely.
donn-
From Proto-Celtic *dusnos (“brown”).
donn
o/ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | donn | donn | donn |
Vocative | duinn* donn** | ||
Accusative | donn | duinn | |
Genitive | duinn | duinne | duinn |
Dative | donn | duinn | donn |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | duinn | donna | |
Vocative | donnu donna† | ||
Accusative | donnu donna† | ||
Genitive | donn | ||
Dative | donnaib | ||
Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative |
Alternative declension:
o/ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | donn | donn | donn |
Vocative | doinn* donn** | ||
Accusative | donn | doinn | |
Genitive | doinn | doinne | doinn |
Dative | donn | doinn | donn |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | doinn | donna | |
Vocative | donnu donna† | ||
Accusative | donnu donna† | ||
Genitive | donn | ||
Dative | donnaib | ||
Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative |
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰus-no-.
donn m
Masculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | donn | donnL | duinnL |
Vocative | duinn | donnL | donnuH |
Accusative | donnN | donnL | donnuH |
Genitive | duinnL | donn | donnN |
Dative | donnL | donnaib | donnaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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donn
o/ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | donn | donn | donn |
Vocative | duinn* donn** | ||
Accusative | donn | duinn | |
Genitive | duinn | duinne | duinn |
Dative | donn | duinn | donn |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | duinn | donna | |
Vocative | donnu donna† | ||
Accusative | donnu donna† | ||
Genitive | donn | ||
Dative | donnaib | ||
Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative |
o/ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | donn | donn | donn |
Vocative | doinn* donn** | ||
Accusative | donn | doinn | |
Genitive | doinn | doinne | doinn |
Dative | donn | doinn | donn |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | doinn | donna | |
Vocative | donnu donna† | ||
Accusative | donnu donna† | ||
Genitive | donn | ||
Dative | donnaib | ||
Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
donn (gender unknown, genitive duinn)
Its gender is unknown, although Binchy in his edition of Críth Gablach provisionally treats it as neuter.
Neuter o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | donnN | donnN | donnL, donna |
Vocative | donnN | donnN | donnL, donna |
Accusative | donnN | donnN | donnL, donna |
Genitive | duinnL | donn | donnN |
Dative | donnL | donnaib | donnaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
donn | donn pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ |
ndonn |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
donn
From Old Irish donn, from Proto-Celtic *dusnos (“brown”), from Proto-Indo-European *dusnos-, *donnos- (“dark”), from *dʰewh₂- (“smoke”).
donn (comparative duinne)
Case | Masculine singular | Feminine singular | Plural |
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Nominative | donn | dhonn | donna |
Vocative | dhuinn | dhonn | donna |
Genitive | dhuinn | dhuinn/duinne | donna |
Dative | dhonn | dhuinn | donna |
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
donn | dhonn |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
bàn, geal | glas | dubh |
dearg; ruadh | orainds; donn | buidhe; donn |
uaine | uaine | gorm |
liath; glas | liath | gorm |
purpaidh; guirmean | pinc; purpaidh | pinc |