Domhnach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish domnach, ultimately a partial loan of Late Latin [diēs] Dominicus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠəun̪ˠəx/, /ˈd̪ˠoːn̪ˠəx/
• (Waterford) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠə̃ũn̪ˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠõːna(x)/

Noun

Domhnach m (genitive singular Domhnaigh, nominative plural Domhnaí)

1. Sunday

Declension

Declension of Domhnach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Domhnach Domhnaí vocative a Dhomhnaigh a Dhomhnaí genitive Domhnaigh Domhnaí dative Domhnach Domhnaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Domhnach na Domhnaí genitive an Domhnaigh na nDomhnaí dative leis an Domhnach don Domhnach leis na Domhnaí

• Alternative plural: Domhantaí

Derived terms

• Dé Domhnaigh (“on Sunday”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Domhnach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Domhnach	Dhomhnach	nDomhnach

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

See also

• (days of the week) Domhnach,‎ Luan,‎ Máirt,‎ Céadaoin,‎ Déardaoin,‎ Aoine,‎ Satharn ^{(Category: ga:Days of the week) [edit]}

Further reading

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