dodona
See also: Dodona
Old Irish
Etymology
Starts with the prefix dí-, but the root is unknown outside of Celtic. Cognate to Welsh diddanu (“to amuse, comfort”) and Cornish didhana (“amuse, entertain”).
Inflection
Complex, class A I present, a subjunctive
| 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present indicative | Deut. | do·donaimm | to·donathar | ||||||
| Prot. | ·didna | ||||||||
| Imperfect indicative | Deut. | dudam·donad (with infixed pronoun dam-) | dum·dontae (with infixed pronoun m-) | ||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Preterite | Deut. | ||||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Perfect | Deut. | do·rondonad (sic) | |||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Future | Deut. | ||||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Conditional | Deut. | ||||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Present subjunctive | Deut. | do·donat | |||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Past subjunctive | Deut. | ||||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Imperative | da·ndonid (with infixed pronoun a-) | ||||||||
| Verbal noun | dídnad | ||||||||
| Past participle | |||||||||
| Verbal of necessity | |||||||||
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| do·dona | do·dona pronounced with /-ð(ʲ)-/ |
do·ndona |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “do-dona”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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