dóenda

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• doínda

Etymology

From Old Irish doíndae. By surface analysis, dóen +‎ da.

Adjective

dóenda

1. pertaining to man
2. human, mortal
3. profane, secular
4. humane, kind

Derived terms

• dóendacht

Descendants

• Irish: daonna
• Scottish Gaelic: daonna

Mutation

Mutation of dóenda

radical	lenition	nasalization
dóenda	dóenda pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/, later /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ndóenda

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle 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), “doénda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language