damantán

Irish

Etymology

From damanta (from Middle Irish dammanta, past participle of damnaid, from Latin damnō) + -án.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠamˠən̪ˠt̪ˠanˠ/[1]

Noun

damantán m (genitive singular damantáin, nominative plural damantáin)

  1. synonym of damantóir

Declension

Declension of damantán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative damantán damantáin
vocative a dhamantáin a dhamantána
genitive damantáin damantán
dative damantán damantáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an damantán na damantáin
genitive an damantáin na ndamantán
dative leis an damantán
don damantán 		leis na damantáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of damantán
radical lenition eclipsis
damantán dhamantán ndamantán

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 477, page 152

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “damantán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 306; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
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