domhain

See also: Domhain

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠəunʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠoːnʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish domain (“deep”), from Proto-Celtic *dubnos (“world, deep”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubʰnós.

Alternative forms

• doimhin

Adjective

domhain (genitive singular feminine doimhne, plural doimhne, comparative doimhne)

1. deep

Declension

Declension of domhain

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	domhain	dhomhain	doimhne; dhoimhne²
Vocative	dhomhain		doimhne
Genitive		doimhne	doimhne	domhain
Dative	domhain; dhomhain¹	dhomhain	doimhne; dhoimhne²
Comparative	níos doimhne
Superlative	is doimhne

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

domhain f (genitive singular doimhne, nominative plural doimhneacha)

1. depth

Declension

Declension of domhain

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative domhain doimhneacha Vocative a dhomhain a dhoimhneacha Genitive doimhne doimhneacha Dative domhain doimhneacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an domhain na doimhneacha Genitive na doimhne na ndoimhneacha Dative leis an domhain don domhain leis na doimhneacha

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

domhain m

1. inflection of domhan (“world”):
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
domhain	dhomhain	ndomhain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “domain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “doiṁin” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "domhain" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

domhain m

1. inflection of domhan (“the world, the universe”):
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative plural