daoine

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish doíni, from Proto-Celtic *dowinis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- (“to die”) via a sense “mortal”. Although it is distinguishable from the singular only by vowel length in the modern language, it is not related to the singular duine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠiːnʲə/

Noun

daoine m pl

1. plural of duine

Mutation

Mutated forms of daoine

radical	lenition	eclipsis
daoine	dhaoine	ndaoine

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

Further reading

• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 66
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “daoine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish doíni, from Proto-Celtic *dowinis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- (“to die”) via a sense “mortal”. Despite the superficial similarity, not related to the singular duine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪̊ɯːɲə/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪̊ɤ̃ːɲə/, [ˈd̪̊ɘ̃ːɲə]

Noun

daoine m

1. plural of duine

Mutation

Mutation of daoine

radical	lenition
daoine	dhaoine

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