Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish doinenn (foul or stormy weather; tempest).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

doineann f (genitive singular doininne)

  1. (weather) stormy weather, bad weather

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
doineann dhoineann ndoineann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “doinenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 90

Further reading edit

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish doinenn (foul or stormy weather; tempest).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈt̪ɤɲan̪ˠ/ (as if spelled doinneann)

Noun edit

doineann f

  1. storm, tempest
  2. hurricane

Mutation edit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
doineann dhoineann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.