domna

See also: Domna

Latin

Etymology

Syncope of domina. Widely used in Vulgar, Late and Medieval Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdom.na/, [ˈd̪ɔmnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdom.na/, [ˈd̪ɔmnä]

Noun

domna f (genitive domnae, masculine domnus); first declension

1. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) lady, mistress

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	domna	domnae
Genitive	domnae	domnārum
Dative	domnae	domnīs
Accusative	domnam	domnās
Ablative	domnā	domnīs
Vocative	domna	domnae

Related terms

• *domnicella

Descendants

• Italian: donna
• Old Occitan: domna
  • Occitan: dòna
• Spanish: dueña

References

• domna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• domna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Latvian

Noun

domna ? (^??? please provide the declension type!)

1. blast furnace

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Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• doma
• dompna

Etymology

From Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔmna/

Noun

domna f (oblique plural domnas, nominative singular domna, nominative plural domnas)

1. woman, lady (female adult human being)
   • circa 1000, author unknown, Boecis:

     E sa ma dextra la domna u libre te

     In her right hand, the woman held a book.

   • c. 1110, Guilhèm de Peitieus, ‘Canso’:

     Qual pro y auretz, dompna conja, / Si vostr’amors mi deslonja?

     What gain for you, beautiful lady, if you distance me from your love?

   • circa 1145, Bernard de Ventadour, Pel doutz chan que.l rossinhols fai:

     Domna, vostre sui e serai

     Woman, yours I am and yours I will be.

Descendants

• Occitan: dòna