Dòmhnall

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish [Term?], from Old Irish Domnall. Cognates include Irish Dónall.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɔ̃ː.əl̪ˠ/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪õː.əl̪ˠ]
• Hyphenation: Dòmh‧nall

Proper noun

Dòmhnall m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Donald

Declension

Declension of Dòmhnall (type I masculine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Dòmhnall	Dòmhnaill
Genitive	Dòmhnaill	Dhòmhnall
Dative	Dòmhnall	Dòmhnaill; Dòmhnallaibh✝
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(an) Dòmhnall	(na) Dòmhnaill
Genitive	(an) Dòmhnaill	(nan) Dòmhnall
Dative	(an) Dòmhnall	(na) Dòmhnaill; Dòmhnallaibh✝
Vocative	(a) Dhòmhnaill	(a) Dhòmhnalla

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Derived terms

• (diminutive) Dòmhnallan, Donaidh, Dolaidh, Doilidh

• Doileag
• Doilidh
• Dolaidh
• Dòmhnall Dubh (“the devil”)
• MacDhòmhnaill

 

Descendants

• → English: Donald
• → Faroese: Dunaldur

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
Dòmhnall	Dhòmhnall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.