dána
See also: Appendix:Variations of "dana"
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Participle edit
dána
- inflection of dát:
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish dánae (“courageous, daring”).
Adjective edit
dána
- bold (courageous, daring)
- presumptuous (going beyond what is proper)
Declension edit
Declension of dána
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | dána | dhána | dána; dhána² | |
Vocative | dhána | dána | ||
Genitive | dána | dána | dána | |
Dative | dána; dhána¹ |
dhána | dána; dhána² | |
Comparative | níos dána | |||
Superlative | is dána |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms edit
- aghaidh-dhána (“bold-faced”, adjective)
- ceanndána (“headstrong”, adjective)
- dánacht (“boldness, daring”, noun)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
dána m
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
dána | dhána | ndána |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dána”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dánae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language