donnfhionn

Irish

Etymology

From donn- (“brownish”) +‎ fionn (“fair, blond”).

Adjective

donnfhionn (genitive singular masculine donnfhinn, genitive singular feminine donnfhinne, plural donnfhionna, comparative donnfhinne)

1. light brown

Declension

Declension of donnhionn

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	donnhionn	dhonnhionn	donnhionna; dhonnhionna²
Vocative	dhonnhinn		donnhionna
Genitive		donnhinne	donnhionna	donnhionn
Dative	donnhionn; dhonnhionn¹	dhonnhionn; dhonnhinn (archaic)	donnhionna; dhonnhionna²
Comparative	níos donnhinne
Superlative	is donnhinne

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
donnfhionn	dhonnfhionn	ndonnfhionn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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