Domnall

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *Dubnowalos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdoβ̃nal͈]

Proper noun

Domnall m

1. a male given name from Proto-Celtic, equivalent to English Donald

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Domnall	DomnallL	DomnaillL
vocative	Domnaill	DomnallL	DomnalluH
accusative	DomnallN	DomnallL	DomnalluH
genitive	DomnaillL	Domnall	DomnallN
dative	DomnallL	Domnallaib	Domnallaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: Domhnall, Dónall
• Scottish Gaelic: Dòmhnall
  • → English: Donald
  • → Faroese: Dunaldur
• Old English: Dufenal

Mutation

Mutation of Domnall

radical	lenition	nasalization
Domnall	Domnall pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	nDomnall

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