domhain

See also: Domhain

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish domain (“deep”), from Proto-Celtic *dubnos (“world, deep”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubʰnós.

Alternative forms
  • doimhin

Adjective

domhain (genitive singular feminine doimhne, plural doimhne, comparative doimhne)

  1. deep
Declension
Declension of domhain
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative domhain dhomhain doimhne;
dhoimhne²
Vocative dhomhain doimhne
Genitive doimhne doimhne domhain
Dative domhain;
dhomhain¹		 dhomhain doimhne;
dhoimhne²
Comparative níos doimhne
Superlative is doimhne

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

Noun

domhain f (genitive singular doimhne, nominative plural doimhneacha)

  1. depth
Declension
Declension of domhain

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative domhain doimhneacha
Vocative a dhomhain a dhoimhneacha
Genitive doimhne doimhneacha
Dative domhain doimhneacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an domhain na doimhneacha
Genitive na doimhne na ndoimhneacha
Dative leis an domhain

don domhain

 leis na doimhneacha

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

domhain m

  1. inflection of domhan (“world”):
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
domhain dhomhain ndomhain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 18

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

domhain m

  1. inflection of domhan (“the world, the universe”):
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative plural
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