domhain
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See also: Domhain
Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Munster) IPA(key): /d̪ˠɑinʲ/[1]
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠauən/[2]
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /d̪ˠaunʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /d̪ˠoːnʲ/[3]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Irish domain (“deep”),[4] from Proto-Celtic *dubnos (“world, deep”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubʰnós.
Alternative forms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
domhain (genitive singular feminine doimhne, plural doimhne, comparative doimhne)
Declension[edit]
Declension of domhain
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | domhain | dhomhain | doimhne; dhoimhne² | |
Vocative | dhomhain | doimhne | ||
Genitive | doimhne | doimhne | domhain | |
Dative | domhain; dhomhain¹ |
dhomhain | doimhne; dhoimhne² | |
Comparative | níos doimhne | |||
Superlative | is doimhne |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
domhain f (genitive singular doimhne, nominative plural doimhneacha)
Declension[edit]
Declension of domhain
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Further reading[edit]
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “doiṁin”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 254
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “domhain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun[edit]
domhain m
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
domhain | dhomhain | ndomhain |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 195, page 98
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 62
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 40, page 18
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “domain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Noun[edit]
domhain m
- inflection of domhan (“the world, the universe”):
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- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰewbʰ-
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- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish lemmas
- Irish adjectives
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- Irish second-declension nouns
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