See also: Domna

Latin

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Etymology

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Syncope of domina. Widely used in Vulgar, Late and Medieval Latin

Pronunciation

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Noun

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domna f (genitive domnae, masculine domnus); first declension

  1. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) lady, mistress

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative domna domnae
Genitive domnae domnārum
Dative domnae domnīs
Accusative domnam domnās
Ablative domnā domnīs
Vocative domna domnae
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Descendants

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  • French: dame
  • Italian: donna
  • Old Occitan: domna, doma, dompna
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: dona
  • Romanian: doamnă
  • Spanish: dueña

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  • domna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • domna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Latvian

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Noun

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domna ? (??? please provide the declension type!)

  1. blast furnace

Old Occitan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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domna f (oblique plural domnas, nominative singular domna, nominative plural domnas)

  1. woman, lady (female adult human being)
    • c. 1000, author unknown, Boecis:
      E sa ma dextra la domna u libre te
      In her right hand, the woman held a book.
    • c. 1110, Guilhèm de Peitieus, Canso:
      Qual pro y auretz, dompna conja, / Si vostr’amors mi deslonja?
      What gain for you, beautiful lady, if you distance me from your love?
    • c. 1145, Bernard de Ventadour, Pel doutz chan que.l rossinhols fai:
      Domna, vostre sui e serai
      Woman, yours I am and yours I will be.

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Swedish

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Verb

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domna (present domnar, preterite domnade, supine domnat, imperative domna)

  1. (often with bort (away) or av (off)) to go numb (temporarily lose sensation in some part of the body)
    Synonym: (usually of a leg or an arm) somna (fall asleep)
    Jag har domnat (bort/av) i benet / Mitt ben har domnat (bort/av)
    My leg has gone numb / fallen asleep
  2. (often with bort (away) or av (off), uncommon) to lose consciousness
    få ett slag i huvudet och domna av
    get hit on the head and lose consciousness

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