donnán

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See also: donnan and Donnan

Irish

Alternative forms

donnánach

Etymology

From donn (“brown”) +‎ -án.

Noun

donnán m (genitive singular donnáin, nominative plural donnáin)

rockling (fish of the Lotidae family)
Synonyms: donnán langa, donnóg
dingy skipper (Erynnis tages)
Synonym: donnóg

Declension

Declension of donnán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	donnán	donnáin
Vocative	a dhonnáin	a dhonnána
Genitive	donnáin	donnán
Dative	donnán	donnáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an donnán	na donnáin
Genitive	an donnáin	na ndonnán
Dative	leis an donnán don donnán	leis na donnáin

Derived terms

donnán ceithre ribe (“fourbeard rockling”)
donnán cladaigh (“shore rockling”)
donnán cúig ribe (“fivebeard rockling”)
donnán trí ribe (“three-bearded rockling”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
donnán	dhonnán	ndonnán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “donnán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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