"Donn" meaning in Irish

See Donn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From donn (“noble, prince”), from Old Irish, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰus-no-. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|-}} Old Irish, {{der|ga|ine-pro|*dʰus-no-}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰus-no- Head templates: {{head|ga|proper noun|genitive|Doinn|or|Duinn|||||altform=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} Donn m (genitive Doinn or Duinn), {{ga-proper noun|m|Doinn|gen2=Duinn}} Donn m (genitive Doinn or Duinn) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: Doinn [genitive], Duinn [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Donn [indefinite, nominative, singular], a Dhoinn [indefinite, singular, vocative], Doinn [genitive, indefinite, singular], Donn [dative, indefinite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an Donn [definite, nominative, singular], an Doinn [definite, genitive, singular], leis an Donn [dative, definite, singular], don Donn [dative, definite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], Donn [indefinite, nominative, singular], a Dhuinn [indefinite, singular, vocative], Duinn [genitive, indefinite, singular], Donn [dative, indefinite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an Donn [definite, nominative, singular], an Duinn [definite, genitive, singular], leis an Donn [dative, definite, singular], don Donn [dative, definite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], Donn [error-unrecognized-form], Dhonn [error-unrecognized-form], nDonn [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. a male given name Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-Donn-ga-name-h8YdwBAs Categories (other): Irish given names, Irish male given names
  2. (Irish mythology) the legendary ancestor of the Gaels Tags: Irish, masculine
    Sense id: en-Donn-ga-name-PAq8Q61i Categories (other): Irish mythology, Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dar Donn! (english: by Jove!), Tigh nDuinn (english: the House of Donn)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "by Jove!",
      "translation": "by Jove!",
      "word": "dar Donn!"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "the House of Donn",
      "translation": "the House of Donn",
      "word": "Tigh nDuinn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰus-no-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dʰus-no-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From donn (“noble, prince”), from Old Irish, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰus-no-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Doinn",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Duinn",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Donn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a Dhoinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Doinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Donn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an Donn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an Doinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an Donn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don Donn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Donn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a Dhuinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Duinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Donn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an Donn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an Duinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an Donn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don Donn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Donn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dhonn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nDonn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "genitive",
        "4": "Doinn",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "Duinn",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Donn m (genitive Doinn or Duinn)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "Doinn",
        "gen2": "Duinn"
      },
      "expansion": "Donn m (genitive Doinn or Duinn)",
      "name": "ga-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish male given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name"
      ],
      "id": "en-Donn-ga-name-h8YdwBAs",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Irish mythology",
          "orig": "ga:Irish mythology",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the legendary ancestor of the Gaels"
      ],
      "id": "en-Donn-ga-name-PAq8Q61i",
      "links": [
        [
          "Irish",
          "Irish"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "Gael",
          "Gael"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Irish mythology) the legendary ancestor of the Gaels"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Irish",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Donn"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish first-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish proper nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "by Jove!",
      "translation": "by Jove!",
      "word": "dar Donn!"
    },
    {
      "english": "the House of Donn",
      "translation": "the House of Donn",
      "word": "Tigh nDuinn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰus-no-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dʰus-no-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From donn (“noble, prince”), from Old Irish, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰus-no-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Doinn",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Duinn",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Donn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a Dhoinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Doinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Donn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an Donn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an Doinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an Donn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don Donn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Donn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a Dhuinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Duinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Donn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an Donn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an Duinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an Donn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don Donn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Donn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dhonn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nDonn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "genitive",
        "4": "Doinn",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "Duinn",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Donn m (genitive Doinn or Duinn)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "Doinn",
        "gen2": "Duinn"
      },
      "expansion": "Donn m (genitive Doinn or Duinn)",
      "name": "ga-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish given names",
        "Irish male given names"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ga:Irish mythology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the legendary ancestor of the Gaels"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Irish",
          "Irish"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "Gael",
          "Gael"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Irish mythology) the legendary ancestor of the Gaels"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Irish",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Donn"
}

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  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
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  "subsection": "proper noun",
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  "path": [
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  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "Donn",
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}

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