Donn
See also: donn
English
Proper noun
Donn (plural Donns)
- A surname
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Donn is the 28829th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 825 individuals. Donn is most common among White (80.24%) individuals.
Irish
Etymology
From donn (“noble, prince”), from Old Irish, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰus-no-.
Proper noun
Donn m (genitive Doinn)
- a male given name
- (Irish mythology) the legendary ancestor of the Gaels
Declension
Declension of Donn
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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- Archaic
Declension of Donn
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- dar Donn! (“by Jove!”)
- Tigh nDuinn (“the House of Donn”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Donn | Dhonn | nDonn |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Donn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish lemmas
- Irish proper nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish given names
- Irish male given names
- ga:Irish mythology
- Irish first-declension nouns