dún

      See also dun, dūn, dǔn, and dùn

      Irish

      Etymology

      From Old Irish dún, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (stronghold).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA: [d̪ˠuːn̪ˠ]

      Noun

      dún m (genitive dúin, nominative plural dúnta)

      1. fortress

      Declension

      Derived terms

      Verb

      dún (present analytic dúnann, future analytic dúnfaidh, verbal noun dúnadh, past participle dúnta)

      1. to close, shut

      Conjugation

      Mutation

      Irish mutation
      Radical Lenition Eclipsis
      dún dhún ndún
      Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
      possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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      Mandarin

      Romanization

      dún (form of dun2 with diacritic)

      1. See

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      Old Irish

      Etymology 1

      From Proto-Celtic *dūnom (stronghold).

      Noun

      dún n

      1. fort
      2. fortress
      Descendants

      Etymology 2

      From do + sinn.

      Pronoun

      dún

      1. Alternative spelling of dúnn.

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      West Frisian

      Noun

      dún c

      1. dune
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