Donnchad

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdon͈.xəð/

Proper noun

Donnchad m (genitive Donnchada)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Duncan

Inflection

Masculine u-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Donnchad	—	—
vocative	Donnchad	—	—
accusative	DonnchadN	—	—
genitive	DonnchadoH, DonnchadaH	—	—
dative	DonnchadL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Descendants

• Middle Irish: Donnchad
  • Irish: Donncha
  • Scottish Gaelic: Donnchadh
    • → English: Duncan

Mutation

Mutation of Donnchad

radical	lenition	nasalization
Donnchad	Donnchad pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	nDonnchad

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), “Donnchad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language