"dornán" meaning in Irish

See dornán in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈd̪ˠɔːɾˠn̪ˠɑnˠ/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Middle Irish dornán. By surface analysis, dorn (“fist”) + -án. Etymology templates: {{der|ga|mga|dornán}} Middle Irish dornán, {{ref|<span class="cited-source">Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (<span class="None" lang="und">2019), “dornán”, in <cite>eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language</cite></span></span>}}, {{surf|ga|dorn|-án|t1=fist}} By surface analysis, dorn (“fist”) + -án Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|dornáin|||||||nominative plural|dornáin|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|var=}} dornán m (genitive singular dornáin, nominative plural dornáin), {{ga-noun|m|dornáin|dornáin}} dornán m (genitive singular dornáin, nominative plural dornáin) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: dornáin [genitive, singular], dornáin [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an dornán [definite, nominative, singular], na dornáin [definite, nominative, plural], an dornáin [definite, genitive, singular], na ndornán [definite, genitive, plural], leis an dornán [dative, definite, singular], don dornán [dative, definite, singular], leis na dornáin [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], dornán [error-unrecognized-form], dhornán [lenition], ndornán [eclipsis], doirneán [alternative], dornlach [alternative], dórnán [alternative]
  1. handful (amount held in hand; small number), fistful Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-dornán-ga-noun-iN1oAcm9 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Irish terms suffixed with -án, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 77 5 14 4 Disambiguation of Irish terms suffixed with -án: 45 16 22 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 3 5 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 3 5 4
  2. bunch (group of similar things) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-dornán-ga-noun-FZXgngpY Categories (other): Irish terms with collocations
  3. sheaf (collection of things bound together) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-dornán-ga-noun-wuEnGArD Categories (other): Irish terms with collocations
  4. small amount or number Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-dornán-ga-noun-WXoUB~mc Categories (other): Irish terms with collocations
     
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