dona

See also: Dona, dóna, doná, dòna, donà, doña, Doña, and Dóná

Catalan

Alternative forms

• dòna (obsolete)

Etymology

From , from Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈdɔ.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈdɔ.na]
• Rhymes: -ɔna

Noun

dona f (plural dones)

1. woman
2. wife

Synonyms

wife

• la cònjuge
• costella (figurative)

• esposa
• muller

Antonyms

man

• home

husband

• el cònjuge
• espòs

• home
• marit

Hypernyms

spouse

• el cònjuge

Further reading

• “dona” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “dona”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “dona” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “dona” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdona/
• Rhymes: -ona
• Hyphenation: do‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian donna.

Noun

dona f

1. Italian noble woman, lady, originally a noble title

Related terms

• don
• doňa

Etymology 2

Noun

dona

1. genitive singular of don
2. accusative singular of don

Anagrams

• Dano

Further reading

• Template:R:Akademicky slovnik 1995

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Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin domina. Compare Catalan dona, Italian donna, Romanian doamnă.

Noun

dona f

1. woman

See also

• mojer

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Galician

Medieval fresco, Vilar de Donas, Galicia

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese dona, from Late Latin domna, from Latin domina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdona̝/

Noun

dona f (plural donas)

1. (deprecated template usage) feminine equivalent of dono
2. lady, mistress, noblewoman, gentlewoman (woman of breeding and authority)

   Synonyms: dama, señora

3. (formal) wife, married woman

   —A túa muller é unha lercha! —Miña dona é unha santa!

   —Your wife is telltale! —My lady is but a saint!

4. (formal) woman

   —Miñas donas e meus señores: ...

   —Ladies and gentlemen: ...

Derived terms

• dona das paredes
• donicela
• doniña
• herba dona
• Vilar de Donas

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “dona”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “dona” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish dona, from Proto-Celtic *dognawos. See sona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠʊnˠə/, /ˈd̪ˠɔnˠə/

Adjective

dona (comparative measa)

1. unfortunate, unlucky
2. bad, poor, wretched, ill

Declension

Declension of dona

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	dona	dhona	dona; dhona²
Vocative	dhona		dona
Genitive		dona	dona	dona
Dative	dona; dhona¹	dhona	dona; dhona²
Comparative	níos measa
Superlative	is measa

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

• droch-
• olc

Derived terms

• donacht
• donaigh
• donaire
• donán
• donas
• donóg

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dona	dhona	ndona
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dona”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dona”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Italian

Verb

dona

1. third-person singular present indicative of donare
2. second-person singular imperative of donare

Anagrams

• andò, onda

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) dōna

1. nominative plural of dōnum
2. accusative plural of dōnum
3. vocative plural of dōnum

Verb

(deprecated template usage) dōnā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of dōnō

References

• dona 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)

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dognawos. See sona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdona/

Adjective

dona

1. bad, unfortunate

Antonyms

• sona

Descendants

• Irish: dona
• Manx: donney
• Scottish Gaelic: dona

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
dona	dona pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndona
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese dona, from Late Latin domna, from Latin domina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdo.nɐ/
• Hyphenation: do‧na

Noun

dona f (plural s)

1. (deprecated template usage) feminine equivalent of dono
2. lady (woman of breeding and authority)

Synonyms

• (lady): dama, senhora

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French donner, from Latin donō.

Verb

a dona (third-person singular present donează, past participle donat) 1st conj.

1. to donate (to give away something of value)

Conjugation

    conjugation of dona (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a dona
gerund			donând
past participle			donat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	donez	donezi	donează	donăm	donați	donează
	imperfect	donam	donai	dona	donam	donați	donau
	simple perfect	donai	donași	donă	donarăm	donarăți	donară
	pluperfect	donasem	donaseși	donase	donaserăm	donaserăți	donaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să donez	să donezi	să doneze	să donăm	să donați	să doneze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		donează			donați
	negative		nu dona			nu donați

Related terms

• donație

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish dona, from Proto-Celtic *dognawos. See sona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɔnə/

Adjective

dona (comparative miosa)

1. bad

   aimsir dona - bad weather

Synonyms

• droch
• olc

Antonyms

• deagh
• math

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Spanish

Noun

dona f (plural donas)

1. doughnut

Synonyms

• dónut
• rosca

Verb

dona

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of donar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of donar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of donar.

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Swedish

Verb

dona (present donar, preterite donade, supine donat, imperative dona)

1. to do small house hold tasks, such as tidying up or dusting

   Har donat i köket otaliga timmar nu

   I've been busy in the kitchen for several hours now

   Vi fixade och donade inför bröllopet

   We were busy preparing for the wedding

Conjugation

Conjugation of dona (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	dona		—
Supine	donat		—
Imperative	dona		—
Imper. plural1	donen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	donar	donade	—	—
Ind. plural1	dona	donade	—	—
Subjunctive2	done	donade	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	donande
Past participle	donad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Anagrams

• anod, onda

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English donor.

Noun

dona

1. donor (usually used to refer to countries that give aid to Papua New Guinea)

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Venetian

Etymology

From Late Latin domna, from Latin domina. Compare Italian donna.

Noun

dona f (plural done)

1. woman
2. wife