dóenacht
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From doíni (plural of duine (“person”)) + -acht.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdoːi̯naxt/
Noun
dóenacht f (genitive dóenachtae, no plural)
- humanity
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 25c5
- Foillsigthir as n‑ísel in doínacht íar n‑aicniud húare as in deacht foda·raithmine⟨dar⟩ ⁊ noda·fortachtaigedar.
- It is made clear that the humanity is lowly according to nature because it is the Godhead that remembers it and helps it
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 25c5
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | dóenachtL | — | — |
| vocative | dóenachtL | — | — |
| accusative | dóenachtN | — | — |
| genitive | dóenachtaeH | — | — |
| dative | dóenachtL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms
- Middle Irish: der1
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| dóenacht | dóenacht pronounced with /ð-/ |
ndóenacht |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “doéndacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language