dún
See also: Appendix:Variations of "dun"
Icelandic edit
Noun edit
dún
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)
Declension edit
Declension of dún
- Alternative declension
Declension of dún
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)
- (transitive, intransitive) close, shut
- Synonym: (Ulster) druid
- (transitive, intransitive) draw together; secure, fasten
Conjugation edit
conjugation of dún (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Alternative forms edit
- dúin (Cois Fharraige)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “dún”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dún”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dúnaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 73
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)
Inflection edit
Neuter o-stem | |||
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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:
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Neuter s-stem | |||
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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:
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Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Pronoun edit
dún
- 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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dún”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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)
Further reading edit
- “dún (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011