doimhneas

Irish

Etymology

From domhain, doimhne (“deep”, adjective) +‎ -as (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

doimhneas m (genitive singular doimhnis)

1. Synonym of doimhneacht (“depth; deep place”)

   Antonym: éadoimhneas

Declension

Declension of doimhneas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative doimhneas vocative a dhoimhnis genitive doimhnis dative doimhneas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an doimhneas genitive an doimhnis dative leis an doimhneas don doimhneas

Mutation

Mutated forms of doimhneas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
doimhneas	dhoimhneas	ndoimhneas

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “doimhneacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN