domna

See also: Domna

Latin

Etymology

Syncope of domina. Widely used in Vulgar, Late and Medieval Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

domna f (genitive domnae, masculine domnus); first declension

  1. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) lady, mistress

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative domna domnae
genitive domnae domnārum
dative domnae domnīs
accusative domnam domnās
ablative domnā domnīs
vocative domna domnae

Descendants

  • French: dame
  • Italian: donna
  • Old Occitan: domna, doma, dompna
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: dona
  • Romanian: doamnă
  • Sicilian: donna
  • Spanish: dueña

References

  • "domna", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • domna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Latvian

Noun

domna f (1st declension)

  1. blast furnace

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔmna/

Noun

domna f (oblique plural domnas, nominative singular domna, nominative plural domnas)

  1. woman, lady (female adult human being)
    • c. 1000, author unknown, Boecis:
      E sa ma dextra la domna u libre te
      In her right hand, the woman held a book.
    • c. 1110, Guilhèm de Peitieus, Canso:
      Qual pro y auretz, dompna conja, / Si vostr’amors mi deslonja?
      What gain for you, beautiful lady, if you distance me from your love?
    • c. 1145, Bernard de Ventadour, Pel doutz chan que.l rossinhols fai:
      Domna, vostre sui e serai
      Woman, yours I am and yours I will be.

Descendants

Swedish

Verb

domna (present domnar, preterite domnade, supine domnat, imperative domna)

  1. (often with bort (away) or av (off)) to go numb (temporarily lose sensation in some part of the body)
    Synonym: (usually of a leg or an arm) somna (fall asleep)
    Jag har domnat (bort/av) i benet / Mitt ben har domnat (bort/av)
    My leg has gone numb / fallen asleep
  2. (often with bort (away) or av (off), uncommon) to lose consciousness
    få ett slag i huvudet och domna av
    get hit on the head and lose consciousness

Conjugation

Conjugation of domna (weak)
active passive
infinitive domna
supine domnat
imperative domna
imper. plural1 domnen
present past present past
indicative domnar domnade
ind. plural1 domna domnade
subjunctive2 domne domnade
present participle domnande
past participle domnad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References