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See also: Domna

Latin

Etymology

    Syncope of domina. Widely used in Vulgar, Late and Medieval Latin

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    domna f (genitive domnae, masculine domnus); first declension

    1. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) lady, mistress

    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    More information singular, plural ...

    Descendants

    • French: dame
    • Italian: donna
    • Old Occitan: domna, doma, dompna
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: dona
    • Romanian: doamnă
    • Sicilian: donna
    • Spanish: dueña

    References

    • "domna", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “domna”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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    Latvian

    Noun

    domna f (1st declension)

    1. blast furnace

    Old Occitan

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    domna f (oblique plural domnas, nominative singular domna, nominative plural domnas)

    1. woman, lady (female adult human being)
      • c. 1000, author unknown, Boecis:
        E sa ma dextra la domna u libre te
        In her right hand, the woman held a book.
      • c. 1110, Guilhèm de Peitieus, Canso:
        Qual pro y auretz, dompna conja, / Si vostr’amors mi deslonja?
        What gain for you, beautiful lady, if you distance me from your love?
      • c. 1145, Bernard de Ventadour, Pel doutz chan que.l rossinhols fai:
        Domna, vostre sui e serai
        Woman, yours I am and yours I will be.

    Descendants

    Swedish

    Verb

    domna (present domnar, preterite domnade, supine domnat, imperative domna)

    1. (often with bort (“away”) or av (“off”)) to go numb (temporarily lose sensation in some part of the body)
      Synonym: (usually of a leg or an arm) somna (“fall asleep”)
      Jag har domnat (bort/av) i benet / Mitt ben har domnat (bort/av)
      My leg has gone numb / fallen asleep
    2. (often with bort (“away”) or av (“off”), uncommon) to lose consciousness
      få ett slag i huvudet och domna av
      get hit on the head and lose consciousness

    Conjugation

    More information active, passive ...

    1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

    References

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