donnfhionn

Irish

Etymology

From donn- (“brownish”) +‎ fionn (“fair, blond”).

Adjective

donnfhionn (genitive singular masculine donnfhinn, genitive singular feminine donnfhinne, plural donnfhionna, comparative donnfhinne)

1. light brown

Declension

Declension of donnhionn

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	donnhionn	dhonnhionn	donnhionna; dhonnhionna2
vocative	dhonnhinn		donnhionna
genitive		donnhinne	donnhionna	donnhionn
dative	donnhionn; dhonnhionn1	dhonnhionn; dhonnhinn (archaic)	donnhionna; dhonnhionna2
Comparative	níos donnhinne
Superlative	is donnhinne

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of donnfhionn

radical	lenition	eclipsis
donnfhionn	dhonnfhionn	ndonnfhionn

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) “donnfhionn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN