daonna

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish dóenda (“human, secular, humane”).

Adjective

daonna

1. human
2. humane, kindly

Declension

Declension of daonna

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
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

• mídhaonna

Derived terms

• fodhaonna (“subhuman”)

Related terms

• daonnacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
daonna	dhaonna	ndaonna
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish dóenda (“human, secular, humane”).

Adjective

daonna

1. human

Derived terms

• còir dhaonna (“human right”)
• daonnachd (“humanity”)
• daonnaire (“humanist”)
• daonnaireachd (“humanism”)
• os-daonna (“superhuman”)

 

Related terms

• daoine (“people, folk”)