Icelandic edit

Noun edit

dún

  1. indefinite accusative singular of dúnn

Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Irish dún, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (stronghold).

Noun edit

dún m (genitive singular dúin or dúna, nominative plural dúnta or dúna or dúinte)

  1. fort; fortress
  2. place of refuge, haven
  3. (secure) residence, house
  4. promontory fort; bluff
Declension edit
Alternative declension

Alternative plural: dúinte

Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Irish dúnaid, dúinid (shuts, closes; blocks, obstructs; joins, clasps; closes, ends).

Verb edit

dún (present analytic dúnann, future analytic dúnfaidh, verbal noun dúnadh, past participle dúnta)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) close, shut
    Synonym: (Ulster) druid
  2. (transitive, intransitive) draw together; secure, fasten
Conjugation edit
Alternative forms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dún dhún ndún
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

Old Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Celtic *dūnom (stronghold).

Noun edit

dún n (genitive dúin or dúine, nominative plural dúna or dúine)

  1. fort
  2. fortress
Inflection edit
Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative dúnN dúnN dúnL, dúna
Vocative dúnN dúnN dúnL, dúna
Accusative dúnN dúnN dúnL, dúna
Genitive dúinL dún dúnN
Dative dúnL dúnaib dúnaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Neuter s-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative dúnN dúnN dúineL
Vocative dúnN dúnN dúineL
Accusative dúnN dúnN dúineL
Genitive dúineL dúine dúineN
Dative dúinL dúinib dúinib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Descendants edit
  • Irish: dún
  • Manx: doon
  • Scottish Gaelic: dùn

Etymology 2 edit

From do + sinn.

Pronoun edit

dún

  1. Alternative spelling of dúnn

Mutation edit

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

Further reading edit

West Frisian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Frisian *dūn, dūne, borrowed from Middle Dutch dune, from Old Dutch dūn, dūno, from Proto-West Germanic *dūnā.

Noun edit

dún c (plural dunen, diminutive dúntsje)

  1. dune

Further reading edit

  • dún (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011