dooin

Manx

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duːnʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dúnaid, dúinid (“shuts, closes; blocks, obstructs; joins, clasps; closes, ends”).

Alternative forms

Verb

dooin (past ghooin, future independent doonee, verbal noun dooney, past participle dooint)

  1. close, shut

Etymology 2

From Old Irish dúnn.

Pronoun

dooin (emphatic dooinyn)

  1. first-person plural of da
    to us
    Cur er ash dooin bannaghtyn ny marrey. ― Restore to us the blessings of the sea.
    S'beg y fastee hug ny biljyn shen dooin. ― Those trees afforded us but little shelter.

Mutation

Mutation of dooin
radical lenition eclipsis
dooin ghooin nooin

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

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