dána

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dana"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdaːna]

Participle

dána

1. inflection of dát:
   1. feminine singular passive participle
   2. neuter plural passive participle

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪ˠɑːnˠə]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪ˠæːnˠə]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dánae (“courageous, daring”).

Adjective

dána

1. bold (courageous, daring)
2. presumptuous (going beyond what is proper)

Declension

Declension of dána

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	dána	dhána	dána; dhána2
vocative	dhána		dána
genitive		dána	dána	dána
dative	dána; dhána1	dhána	dána; dhána2
Comparative	níos dána
Superlative	is dána

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• aghaidh-dhána (“bold-faced”, adjective)
• ceanndána (“headstrong”, adjective)
• dánacht (“boldness, daring”, noun)

Etymology 2

Noun

dána m

1. inflection of dán:
   1. alternative genitive singular
   2. alternative plural

Mutation

Mutated forms of dána

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dána	dhána	ndána

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

References

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