See also: Domna

Latin edit

Etymology edit

Syncope of domina. Widely used in Vulgar, Late and Medieval Latin

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

domna f (genitive domnae, masculine domnus); first declension

  1. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) lady, mistress

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative domna domnae
Genitive domnae domnārum
Dative domnae domnīs
Accusative domnam domnās
Ablative domnā domnīs
Vocative domna domnae

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Descendants edit

  • French: dame
  • Italian: donna
  • Old Occitan: domna, doma, dompna
  • Portuguese: dona
  • Romanian: doamnă
  • Spanish: dueña

References edit

  • domna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • domna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Latvian edit

Noun edit

domna ? (??? please provide the declension type!)

  1. blast furnace

Old Occitan edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

domna f (oblique plural domnas, nominative singular domna, nominative plural domnas)

  1. woman, lady (female adult human being)
    • c. 1000, author unknown, Boecis:
      E sa ma dextra la domna u libre te
      In her right hand, the woman held a book.
    • c. 1110, Guilhèm de Peitieus, Canso:
      Qual pro y auretz, dompna conja, / Si vostr’amors mi deslonja?
      What gain for you, beautiful lady, if you distance me from your love?
    • c. 1145, Bernard de Ventadour, Pel doutz chan que.l rossinhols fai:
      Domna, vostre sui e serai
      Woman, yours I am and yours I will be.

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Verb edit

domna (present domnar, preterite domnade, supine domnat, imperative domna)

  1. (often with bort (away) or av (off)) to go numb (temporarily lose sensation in some part of the body)
    Synonym: (usually of a leg or an arm) somna (fall asleep)
    Jag har domnat (bort/av) i benet / Mitt ben har domnat (bort/av)
    My leg has gone numb / fallen asleep
  2. (often with bort (away) or av (off), uncommon) to lose consciousness
    få ett slag i huvudet och domna av
    get hit on the head and lose consciousness

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