dúnorgain

Irish

Alternative forms

• dúnoircne

Etymology

From dún- +‎ orgain, an alternative form of argain (“destruction”). The word does not appear in the Historical Irish Corpus (1600–1926) nor in either edition of Dinneen’s dictionary, so it may be a modern learned borrowing from Middle Irish duinorcun and Classical Gaelic dunoirccne.

Noun

dúnorgain f (genitive singular dúnorgana)

1. (law) manslaughter

Declension

Declension of dúinorgain

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative dúinorgain Vocative a dhúinorgain Genitive dúnorgana Dative dúinorgain

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an dúinorgain Genitive na dúnorgana Dative leis an dúinorgain don dúinorgain

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dúnorgain	dhúnorgain	ndúnorgain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dúnorgain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN