dogní

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• du·gní

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From dí- +‎ gníid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doˈɡʲnʲiː/

Verb

do·gní (prototonic ·dénai, verbal noun dénum)

1. to do
2. to make

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dogní.

Conjugation

Complex, class A III present, reduplicated s preterite, é future, a subjunctive

		1st sg.	2nd sg.	3rd sg.	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	Passive sg.	Passive pl.
Present indicative	Deut.	do·gníu da·gníu (with infixed pronoun a-)	do·gní	do·gní	do·gníam	do·gníith	do·gníat	do·gníther	do·gníter
	Prot.	·dénaim, ·dénim ·dernaim (ro-form)	·dénai	·dénai ·dernai (ro-form)	·dénam	·dénaid	·dénat ·dernat (ro-form)	·déntar	·dénatar
Imperfect indicative	Deut.			do·gníth				do·gníthe
	Prot.							·déntae
Preterite	Deut.			do·génai			do·génsat		do·gnítha
	Prot.			·digni			·dénsat
Perfect	Deut.	do·rignius, do·rigénus	do·rignis	do·rigni, do·rigéni	do·rigénsam	do·rigénsaid	do·rigénsat	do·rónad	do·rónta
	Prot.	·deirgénus, ·dernus	·dernais	·deirgéni			·deirgénsat	·dernad
Future	Deut.	do·gén	do·génae	do·géna	do·génam	do·génaid	do·génat	do·géntar	do·génatar
	Prot.	·digén			·dignem, ·digénam		·dignet ·dergénat (ro-form)
Conditional	Deut.	do·génainn		do·génad	do·génmais do·rigénmais (ro-form)	do·rigénte (ro-form)		do·géntae
	Prot.			·digned
Present subjunctive	Deut.	do·gnéo, du·gnéu do·rón (ro-form)	do·gné do·rónae (ro-form)	do·gné do·róna (ro-form)	do·gnem do·rónam (ro-form)	do·gneid do·rónaid (ro-form)	do·gnet do·rónat (ro-form)	do·gnethar do·róntar (ro-form)	do·gnetar
	Prot.	·dern (ro-form)	·dénae ·dernae (ro-form)	·déna ·derna (ro-form)	·dénam ·dernam (ro-form)	·dénaid ·dernaid (ro-form)	·dernat (ro-form)	·déntar ·derntar (ro-form)	·dénatar
Past subjunctive	Deut.	do·gneinn do·róininn (ro-form)	do·gnetha	do·gneth do·rónad (ro-form)	do·gnemmis	do·gnethe do·róntae (ro-form)	do·gnetis	do·gnethe do·róntae (ro-form)	do·róntais (ro-form)
	Prot.	·dernainn (ro-form)		·dernad (ro-form)	·dénmais ·dernmais (ro-form)	·déntae	·déntais ·derntais (ro-form)	·déntae ·derntae (ro-form)
Imperative			dénae	da·ngníid (with infixed pronoun) dénad		dos·ngníith (with infixed pronoun) dénaid
Verbal noun		dénum
Past participle		dénta
Verbal of necessity		dénti

Synonyms

• gníid

Descendants

• Irish: déan
• Manx: jean
• Scottish Gaelic: dèan

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
do·gní	do·gní pronounced with /-ɣ(ʲ)-/	do·ngní
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dogní”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, pages 541–43