dúnni

See also: dunni

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • dúnnai

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈduːn͈ʲi]

Pronoun

dúnni

  1. first-person plural emphatic of do
    • 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. 23d23
      Cía thés hí loc bes ardu, ní ardu de; ní samlid són dúnni, air ⟨im⟩mi ardu-ni de tri dul isna lucu arda.
      Though he may go into a higher place, he is not the higher; this is not the case for us, for we are the higher through going into the high places.

Mutation

Mutation of dúnni
radical lenition nasalization
dúnni dúnni
pronounced with /ð-/
ndúnni

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