donnán

See also: donnan and Donnan

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From donn (“brown”) +‎ -án.

Noun

donnán m (genitive singular donnáin, nominative plural donnáin)

  1. rockling (fish of the Lotidae family)
    Synonyms: donnán langa, donnóg
  2. dingy skipper (Erynnis tages)
    Synonym: donnóg

Declension

Declension of donnán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative donnán donnáin
vocative a dhonnáin a dhonnána
genitive donnáin donnán
dative donnán donnáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an donnán na donnáin
genitive an donnáin na ndonnán
dative leis an donnán
don donnán 		leis na donnáin

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of donnán
radical lenition eclipsis
donnán dhonnán ndonnán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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