domun

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dubnos (“the deep; the world”) (compare Welsh dwfn (“deep, depth; the world”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“deep, hollow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdoβ̃un]

Noun

domun m

1. the world, the Earth
2. country, native district, (of ruler) realm

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	domun	domunL	domuinL
vocative	domuin	domunL	domnuH
accusative	domunN	domunL	domnuH
genitive	domuinL	domun	domunN
dative	domunL	domnaib	domnaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: domhan
• Manx: dowan
• Scottish Gaelic: domhan

Mutation

Mutation of domun

radical	lenition	nasalization
domun	domun pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndomun

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