dooinney

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish duine, from Proto-Celtic *gdonyos (“human, person”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰom-yo- (“earthling, human”), a derivation of *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪uːnʲə/

Noun

dooinney m (genitive singular dooinney, plural deiney)

1. human, person
2. man, fellow
3. husband

Synonyms

• (man): fer
• (husband): dooinney poost, sheshey, sheshey poost

Derived terms

• ard-ghooinney (“chief, boss”)
• dooinneen (“pygmy, dwarf”)
• dooinney çheerey (“countryman”)
• dooinney dooie (“patriot”)
• dooinney poost (“husband”)

 

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “duine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language