dooinney

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish duine, from Proto-Celtic *gdonyos (“human, person”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰom-yo- (“earthling, human”), a derivation of *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈd̪unʲə/

Noun

dooinney m (genitive singular dooinney, plural deiney)

Synonyms

(man): fer
(husband): dooinney poost, sheshey, sheshey poost

Derived terms

Terms derived from dooinney

ard-ghooinney (“chief, boss”)
dooinneen (“pygmy, dwarf”)

dooinney çheerey (“countryman”)
dooinney dooie (“patriot”)

dooinney poost (“husband”)

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dooinney	ghooinney	nooinney
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“dooinney” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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