daonna
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish dóenda (“human, secular, humane”).
Adjective[edit]
daonna
Declension[edit]
Declension of daonna
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | daonna | dhaonna | daonna; dhaonna² | |
Vocative | dhaonna | daonna | ||
Genitive | daonna | daonna | daonna | |
Dative | daonna; dhaonna¹ |
dhaonna | daonna; dhaonna² | |
Comparative | níos daonna | |||
Superlative | is daonna |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- fodhaonna (“subhuman”)
Related terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
daonna | dhaonna | ndaonna |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish dóenda (“human, secular, humane”).
Adjective[edit]
daonna
Derived terms[edit]
- còir dhaonna (“human right”)
- daonnachd (“humanity”)
- daonnaire (“humanist”)
- daonnaireachd (“humanism”)
- os-daonna (“superhuman”)
Related terms[edit]
- daoine (“people, folk”)