dána

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dana"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdaːna]

Participle

dána

1. inflection of dát:
   1. feminine singular passive participle
   2. neuter plural passive participle

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪ˠɑːnˠə]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪ˠæːnˠə]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dánae (“courageous, daring”).

Adjective

dána

1. bold (courageous, daring)
2. presumptuous (going beyond what is proper)

Declension

Declension of dána

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
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

• aghaidh-dhána (“bold-faced”, adjective)
• ceanndána (“headstrong”, adjective)
• dánacht (“boldness, daring”, noun)

Etymology 2

Noun

dána m

1. inflection of dán:
   1. alternative genitive singular
   2. alternative plural

Mutation

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dána”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dánae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language