FromOld Irishdomun(“the world”),[1] fromProto-Celtic*dubnos(“the deep; the world”).
domhan m (genitive singulardomhain,nominative pluraldomhain)
- earth,world
- Synonym:saol
- andomhan thoir ―the East
- andomhan thiar ―the West, the Western world
- avastamount,number,quantity
- andomhan acu ―a vast number of them
- (literary)domain
- modhomhan dúchais ―my native domain
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
- ^Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 domun”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931)Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux,§ 128, page68
- ^Finck, F. N. (1899)Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page62
- ^Quiggin, E. C. (1906)A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press,§ 40, page18
FromOld Irishdomun(“the world”),[1] fromProto-Celtic*dubnos(“the deep; the world”).
domhan m (genitive singulardomhain,pluraldomhain)
- theworld, theuniverse
- Synonyms:cruinne-cè,saoghal
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “domhan”, inFaclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited,→ISBN
