donaire
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dona (“unfortunate, unlucky; poor, wretched”) + -aire.
Noun
[edit]donaire m (genitive singular donaire, nominative plural donairí)
Declension
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Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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donaire | dhonaire | ndonaire |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “donaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese donaire, borrowed from Old Spanish donaire, from Late Latin dōnārius, from Latin dōnārium.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: do‧nai‧re
Noun
[edit]donaire m (plural donaires)
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Late Latin dōnārium. Evolution unclear (expected form *donero).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]donaire m (plural donaires)
- gracefulness, elegance
- Synonym: donosura
- 1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los ladrones”, in El juguete rabioso:
- Lucio ofreció cigarrillos egipcios, formidable novedad para nosotros, y con donaire encendió la cerilla en la suela de sus zapatos.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- a joke or playful comment
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “donaire”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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