daonna

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish dóenda (“human, secular, humane”).

Adjective

daonna

1. human
2. humane, kindly

Declension

Declension of daonna

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	daonna	dhaonna	daonna; dhaonna2
vocative	dhaonna		daonna
genitive		daonna	daonna	daonna
dative	daonna; dhaonna1	dhaonna	daonna; dhaonna2
Comparative	níos daonna
Superlative	is daonna

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

Antonyms

• mídhaonna

Derived terms

• fodhaonna (“subhuman”)

Related terms

• daonnacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of daonna

radical	lenition	eclipsis
daonna	dhaonna	ndaonna

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish dóenda (“human, secular, humane”).

Adjective

daonna

1. human

Derived terms

• còir dhaonna (“human right”)
• daonnachd (“humanity”)
• daonnaire (“humanist”)
• daonnaireachd (“humanism”)
• os-daonna (“superhuman”)

Related terms

• daoine (“people, folk”)