dóendacht

Middle Irish

Etymology

dóenda +‎ -acht, but at least partially from Old Irish dóenacht.

Noun

dóendacht f

1. humanity, humaneness, kindliness

Derived terms

• dóendachtach

Descendants

• Irish: daonnacht

Mutation

Mutation of dóendacht

radical	lenition	nasalization
dóendacht	dóendacht pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/, later /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ndóendacht

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