Donnchad

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdon͈.xəð/

Proper noun

Donnchad m (genitive Donnchada)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Duncan

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	Donnchad	—	—
Vocative	Donnchad	—	—
Accusative	DonnchadN	—	—
Genitive	DonnchadoH, DonnchadaH	—	—
Dative	DonnchadL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: Donnchad
  • Irish: Donncha
  • Scottish Gaelic: Donnchadh
    • → English: Duncan

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
Donnchad	Donnchad pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	nDonnchad
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Donnchad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language