dána

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dana"

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdaːna]

Participle

dána

  1. inflection of dát:
    1. feminine singular passive participle
    2. neuter plural passive participle

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɑːn̪ˠə/[1], /ˈd̪ˠaːnˠə/[2]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dánae (“courageous, daring”).[3]

Adjective

dána

  1. bold (courageous, daring)
  2. presumptuous (going beyond what is proper)
Declension
Declension of dána
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative dána dhána dána;
dhána2
vocative dhána dána
genitive dána dána dána
dative dána;
dhána1 		dhána dána;
dhána2
Comparative níos dána
Superlative is dána

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

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “dána”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 306; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dána”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

dána m

  1. inflection of dán:
    1. (literary) genitive singular
    2. alternative plural

Mutation

Mutated forms of dána
radical lenition eclipsis
dána dhána ndána

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 319, page 149
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 478, page 153
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dánae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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