dóenda

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• doínda

Etymology

From Old Irish doíndae. By surface analysis, dóen +‎ da.

Adjective

dóenda

1. pertaining to man
2. human, mortal
3. profane, secular
4. humane, kind

Derived terms

• dóendacht

Descendants

• Irish: daonna
• Scottish Gaelic: daonna

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
dóenda	dóenda pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/, later /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ndóenda
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), “doénda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language