Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• don (northern Moselle Franconian; some dialects of Ripuarian)
• dun (southern Moselle Franconian)

Verb

donn ‎(third-person singular present deet or deit, past tense dät, past participle jedon or jedonn)

1. (many dialects of Ripuarian, including Kölsch) to do
2. (many dialects of Ripuarian, including Kölsch) used in the subjunctive with a following infinitive to form the conditional tense

   Ich dät jo noch jet blieve, ävver meng Frau well heem.

   I would stay some more, but my wife wants to go home.

Usage notes

• The past participle has an open vowel /ɔ/, either long or short, but never /o/ as in the infinitive.

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish donn, from Proto-Celtic *dunno- ‎(“brown”), from Proto-Indo-European *dusnos-, *donnos- ‎(“dark”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɔn̪ˠ/, /d̪ˠuːn̪ˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠəun̪ˠ/

Adjective

donn ‎(genitive singular masculine doinn, genitive singular feminine doinne, plural donna, comparative doinne)

1. brown
2. brown-haired, brunette

Declension

Obsolete spellings:

Derived terms

• béar donn m ‎(“brown bear”)
• donnrua ‎(“brick red, chestnut; russet; bay”, adjective)
• scothdhonn ‎(“brownish”, adjective)

Mutation

References

• "donn" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 donn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /don͈/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *dusnos ‎(“brown”).

Adjective

donn

1. brown, tawny, dun
2. (of eyes) hazel
3. (of animals) chestnut

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Irish: donn
• Manx: dhone
• Scottish Gaelic: donn

Etymology 2

Noun

donn m

1. chief, lord, noble
2. lordship, chieftainship

Inflection

Synonyms

• (chief, lord, noble): mál, toísech, túathach, úachtarán
• (lordship): flaith, tigernas

Etymology 3

Adjective

donn

1. princely, noble

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 4

Noun

donn ?

1. theft, stolen property

Inflection

Mutation

References

• “1 donn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “2 donn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “3 donn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish donn, from Proto-Celtic *dunno- ‎(“brown”), from Proto-Indo-European *dusnos-, *donnos- ‎(“dark”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɔun̪ˠ/

Adjective

donn ‎(comparative duinne)

1. brown
2. brown-haired, brunette

Declension

Derived terms

• comhachag-dhonn
• dreathan donn

See also

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “1 donn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.