dúnn

See also: dunn, Dunn, and dünn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse dúnn, from Proto-Germanic *dūnaz (“down”), which is related to *dauniz (“(pleasant) smell”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰowh₂-nis, from the root *dʰewh₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tutn]

  Rhymes: -utn

Noun

dúnn m (genitive singular dúns, no plural)

1. down (immature feathers on young birds)

Declension

declension of dúnn

m-s1	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	dúnn	dúnninn
accusative	dún	dúninn
dative	dúni	dúninum
genitive	dúns	dúnsins

Further reading

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) “dauna-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 90

Old Irish

Etymology 1

From do + sinni.

Alternative forms

• dúin, dún, duún, dúun

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [duːn͈]

Pronoun

dúnn

1. first-person plural of do: to us, for us
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 15^c23

     Hóre is cuci rigmi, is ferr dún placere illi.

     Since it is to him we will go, it is better for us to please him.

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 53^b17

     ocu·bether .i. comaicsigfid Día dún tri sodin

     shall be touched, i.e. God will bring [it] near to us through that

Descendants

• Irish: dúinn
• Manx: dooin
• Scottish Gaelic: dhuinn

Etymology 2

Article

dúnn

1. Alternative form of don (“to/for the sg”)
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 77^a15

     is dúnn imchumurc fil isin chanóin fris·gair lessóm a n‑imchomarc n-ísiu .i. ne occideris .i. in ⸉n‑í⸊írr-siu .i. non. .i. nís·n‑ulemairbfe ci asid·roilliset

     it is to the interrogation that is in the canon that this interrogation answers with him, i.e. ne occideris i.e. will you sg slay i.e. non i.e. you will not slay them all although they have deserved it