doon

See also: do-on and Doon

English

Etymology 1

See down.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duːn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uːn

Adverb

doon (not comparable)

1. (Geordie) Down.

Preposition

doon

1. (Geordie, Scotland) Down.
   • 2023 March 22, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Grand buildings on the list... and lost: Greenock Princes Pier”, in RAIL, number 979, page 52:

     This "impressive" 1893 James Miller railway terminus was, according to Canmore, "designed in a grand style in order to cope with the large volume of holidaymakers arriving from Glasgow to travel 'doon the water' at the height of the summer season".

Adjective

doon (not comparable)

1. (Geordie) On a lower level than before; down.

Etymology 2

See dun.

Noun

doon (plural doons)

1. Alternative form of dun, an ancient or medieval fortification.

Anagrams

• Ondo, dono

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• doen (some dialects, Maastrichtian)
• doeë (Southeast Limburgish, Voeren)
• doëne, doë (Eupen)
• duon (Krefeld)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch doen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doːn/
• Hyphenation: doon
• Rhymes: -oːn

Verb

doon

1. to do

Conjugation

Montfortian conjugation of doon (irregular)

non-finite forms	infinitive	gerund	present participle	past participle	adjective	adverb
	(tö) doon	't doon n	donendje	höbbe gedaon	gedaon, gedaone, gedaoner, gedaones	gedäöndjelik
number & tense	verb-second order			verb-first order
	present	past	subjunctive	present	past	subjunctive
first person singular	doon	di-j	daon	doon	di-j	daon
second person singular	deis	di-js	daons	deis	di-js	daons
third person singular	deitj	di-j	daontj	deitj'r	di-j	daontj'r
first person plural	doon	di-jje	daone	doontj	di-jtj	daontj
second person plural	doontj	di-j	daontj	doontj	di-j, di-jtj	daontj
third person plural	doon	di-jje	daone	doon	di-jje	daone
other forms	noun	imperative singular impolite	imperative singular polite	imperative dual	imperative plural	inclusive
	't gedoons n	dooch!	dootj!	doon!	doontj!	daonem

Derived terms

• euverdoon, óppernuuj doon
• euverdoonder

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German dôn. Compare Dutch doen, West Frisian dwaan, English do, German tun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doːn/, [doːn], (coastal) [doʊ̯n]

Verb

doon (third-person singular simple present deit or (Westphalian) dööt, past tense dee or dä, past participle daan or daon, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. to do
2. to put

   Do dat aver dor!

   Just put it in there!

3. (auxiliary) to cause to, to make; forms causative verbs
4. (auxiliary, preterite) often used instead of the preterit of weak verbs, with an infinitive.

   Ik dee em en Kado geven!

   I gave him a present!

5. (auxiliary, preterite) always used in a subordinate clause with wenn, sometimes also with dat.

   So worr dat düüster wenn de Sünn ünnergahn dee

   It became dark when the sun went down!

Conjugation

Conjugation of doon (irregular verb)

infinitive	doon
	present	preterite
1st person singular	do	dee
2nd person singular	deist	deest
3rd person singular	deit	dee
plural	doot	deen
	imperative
singular	do
plural	doot
	present	past
participle	doon(d)	(ge)daan

Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Manx

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duːn/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dúnaid, dúinid (“shuts, closes; blocks, obstructs; joins, clasps; closes, ends”).

Alternative forms

• dooin

Verb

doon (past independent ghoon, future independent doonee, verbal noun dooney, past participle doont)

1. close, shut

Conjugation

Conjugation of doon

		first		analytical
		singular	plural
future	independent	doonym	doonmayd	doonee
	dependent	doonym	doonmayd	doonee
	relative	doonys
conditional	independent	doonin	doonagh
	dependent	doonin	doonagh
past		ghoon
verbal noun		dooney
past participle		doont

Etymology 2

From Old Irish dún, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold”).

Noun

doon m (genitive singular doon, plural doonyn)

1. fort, fastness

   Ta'n doon ard erskyn y valley. ― The fort commands the town.

2. stronghold, bastion

Mutation

Mutation of doon

radical	lenition	eclipsis
doon	ghoon	noon

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Middle English

Adjective

doon

1. done

Scots

Etymology

From Old English dūne, aphetic form of adūne, from of dūne (“off the hill”).

Adverb

doon (comparative mair doon, superlative maist doon)

1. down
   • 1852-1859, Lady John Scott, “Annie Laurie”, in Scottish Songs‎^[1]:

     / Maxwelton braes are bonnie, / Where early fa's the dew, / And its there that Annie Laurie, / Gie'd me her promise true / Gie'd me her promise true, / Which ne'er forgot shall be, / And for bonnie Annie Laurie / I'd lay me doon and dee.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Preposition

doon

1. down

Derived terms

• adoon
• doon the stair

Somali

Verb

doon

1. (transitive) to want, hope, aspire

   shaqo orod doon ― to aspire to work

Inflection

Conjugation of doon

Infinitive		dooni
present participle		doonid
		present	past	future
singular
	1st	doonaa	doonay	dooni doonaa
	2nd	doontaa	doontay	dooni doontaa
	3rd	doonaa	doonay	dooni doonaa
		doontaa	doontay	dooni doontaa
plural
	1st	doonnaa	doonnay	dooni doonnaa
	2nd	doontaan	doonteen	dooni doontaan
	3rd	doonaan	dooneen	dooni doonaan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• do'n, don, dun
• roon, ruon
• ro'n, ron, run

Etymology

The latter half of the word is possibly related to iyon or yaon. See also niyon / noon, ganoon / gayon, dito, diyan, niyan, nito, and other Tagalog demonstrative pronouns. Meanwhile, the former half is possibly related to Malay di and Indonesian di as a likely cognate.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /doˈʔon/ [d̪oˈʔon̪], (colloquial) /ˈdon/ [ˈd̪on̪]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: do‧on, doon
• (dialectal, Batangas, alternative) IPA^(key): /ˈdoʔon/ [ˈd̪oː.ʔon̪]
  • Rhymes: -oʔon
  • Syllabification: do‧on

Adverb

doón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜂᜈ᜔)

1. yonder; there (far from both the speaker and the person addressed)

Usage notes

• When the preceding word ends with a vowel, ⟨w⟩, or ⟨y⟩, roon is used instead, but the distinction isn't always made. Other words with this phenomenon include dito, diyan, daw, and din.

Derived terms

• bukad sa roon
• doonan
• dumoon
• ipagkaroon
• kinaroroonan
• magkaroon
• mayroon
• nandoon
• naroon
• naroroon
• pagkakaroon
• pagparoon
• paroo't-parito
• paroonan
• paroroon
• pumaroon
• tagaroon

See also

Tagalog demonstrative pronouns

	Direct (ang)	Indirect (ng)	Oblique (sa)	Locative (nasa)	Existential	Manner (gaya ng)
Near speaker*	ari/are, iri/ire/idi, yari**	nari/nare, niri/nire/nidi, niyari†	dini/dine	nandini, narini, nairi/naidi, naari	ere/eri, here/heri, ayri	ganari, ganiri, garini(garni), gayari†
Near speaker and listener*	ito	nito	dito	nandito, narito, naito**	heto, eto, ayto†	ganito, garito(garto)**
Near listener	iyan, yaan	niyan	diyan/diyaan	nandiyan/nandiyaan, nariyan(naryan), nayan/nayaan**, naiyan‡	hayan, ayan	ganiyan(ganyan), gay-an**, gariyan**
Remote	iyon, yoon, yaon†	niyon, noon, niyaon†	doon	nandoon, naron/naroon**, nayon/nayoon**, nayaon‡	hayon/hayun, ayon/ayun	ganoon, gayon, gay-on, gayoon‡,garoon‡
*These two series have merged in modern Tagalog. The first row is used in some dialects, the second row is used anywhere else. **These pronouns are used in some dialects. †These pronouns are not commonly used in casual speech but more prevalent in literature. ‡Rare in text.

Anagrams

• nood