dóendacht

Middle Irish

Etymology

dóenda +‎ -acht, but at least partially from Old Irish dóenacht.

Noun

dóendacht f

1. humanity, humaneness, kindliness

Derived terms

• dóendachtach

Descendants

• Irish: daonnacht

Mutation

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