From Italian donna. Doublet of dame and domina.
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donna (plural donnas)
donna (slang)
Inflection of donna (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | donna | donnat | ||
genitive | donnan | donnien | ||
partitive | donnaa | donnia | ||
illative | donnaan | donniin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | donna | donnat | ||
accusative | nom. | donna | donnat | |
gen. | donnan | |||
genitive | donnan | donnien donnainrare | ||
partitive | donnaa | donnia | ||
inessive | donnassa | donnissa | ||
elative | donnasta | donnista | ||
illative | donnaan | donniin | ||
adessive | donnalla | donnilla | ||
ablative | donnalta | donnilta | ||
allative | donnalle | donnille | ||
essive | donnana | donnina | ||
translative | donnaksi | donniksi | ||
abessive | donnatta | donnitta | ||
instructive | — | donnin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
donna
donna
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
donna | dhonna | ndonna |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
From Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina (“lady, mistress of an estate or household”), from dominus (“master”), from domus (“home”). Doublet of dama.
donna f (plural donne, diminutive (sometimes derogatory or endearing) donnétta; donnìna or donnìno m, augmentative donnóna or donnóne m, pejorative donnàccia, derogatory donnàccola or donnùcola or donnàcchera, diminutive-derogatory donnùccia or donnicciòla)
Chess pieces in Italian · pezzi degli scacchi (layout · text) | |||||
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re | regina, donna |
torre | alfiere | cavallo | pedone |
Playing cards in Italian · carte da gioco (layout · text) | ||||||
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asso | due | tre | quattro | cinque | sei | sette |
otto | nove | dieci | fante | donna, regina |
re | jolly, joker, matta |
donna
donna f (definite singular donnaa, indefinite plural donnaer, definite plural donnaene)
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.donna oblique singular, ? (oblique plural donnas, nominative singular donna, nominative plural donnas)
Borrowed from Italian donna. Attested since 1841.
donna c
Declension of donna | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | donna | donnan | donnor | donnorna |
Genitive | donnas | donnans | donnors | donnornas |