donae

Old Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “the old *dognawos etymology does not work, since there should have been a trace of the *g”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪o.ne/

Adjective

donae

1. bad, unfortunate

   Antonym: sonae

Declension

io/iā-stem

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	donae	donae	donae
vocative	donai
accusative	donae	donai
genitive	donai	donae	donai
dative	donu	donai	donu
plural	masculine	feminine/neuter
nominative	donai	donai
vocative	donai donu*
accusative	donai donu*
genitive	donae
dative	donaib

* when substantivized

Descendants

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

Mutation

Mutation of donae

radical	lenition	nasalization
donae	donae pronounced with /ð-/	ndonae

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

Further reading

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