domna

See also: Domna

Latin

Etymology

Syncope of domina. Widely used in Vulgar, Late and Medieval Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdom.na/, [ˈd̪ɔmnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdom.na/, [ˈd̪ɔmnä]

Noun

domna f (genitive domnae, masculine domnus); first declension

1. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) lady, mistress

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	domna	domnae
genitive	domnae	domnārum
dative	domnae	domnīs
accusative	domnam	domnās
ablative	domnā	domnīs
vocative	domna	domnae

Related terms

• *domnicella

Descendants

• French: dame
• Italian: donna
• Old Occitan: domna, doma, dompna
  • Occitan: dòna
• Old Galician-Portuguese: dona
  • Portuguese: dona
• Romanian: doamnă
• Sicilian: donna
• Spanish: dueña

References

• "domna", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• domna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Latvian

Noun

domna f (1st declension)

1. blast furnace

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• doma, dompna

Etymology

From Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔmna/

Noun

domna f (oblique plural domnas, nominative singular domna, nominative plural domnas)

1. woman, lady (female adult human being)
   • c. 1000, author unknown, Boecis:

     E sa ma dextra la domna u libre te

     In her right hand, the woman held a book.

   • c. 1110, Guilhèm de Peitieus, Canso:

     Qual pro y auretz, dompna conja, / Si vostr’amors mi deslonja?

     What gain for you, beautiful lady, if you distance me from your love?

   • c. 1145, Bernard de Ventadour, Pel doutz chan que.l rossinhols fai:

     Domna, vostre sui e serai

     Woman, yours I am and yours I will be.

Descendants

• Occitan: dòna

Swedish

Verb

domna (present domnar, preterite domnade, supine domnat, imperative domna)

1. (often with bort (“away”) or av (“off”)) to go numb (temporarily lose sensation in some part of the body)

   Synonym: (usually of a leg or an arm) somna (“fall asleep”)

   Jag har domnat (bort/av) i benet / Mitt ben har domnat (bort/av)

   My leg has gone numb / fallen asleep

2. (often with bort (“away”) or av (“off”), uncommon) to lose consciousness

   få ett slag i huvudet och domna av

   get hit on the head and lose consciousness

Conjugation

Conjugation of domna (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	domna		—
supine	domnat		—
imperative	domna		—
imper. plural1	domnen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	domnar	domnade	—	—
ind. plural1	domna	domnade	—	—
subjunctive2	domne	domnade	—	—
present participle		domnande
past participle		domnad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• domna in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• domna in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• domna in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)