dóen

See also: doen

Middle Irish

Etymology

Back-formation from doíni, plural of duine.

Noun

dóen m (genitive doín)

1. (poetic) Synonym of duine

Inflection

• Accusative plural: dáena

Derived terms

• dóenda

Descendants

• Irish: daon

Mutation

Mutation of dóen

radical	lenition	nasalization
dóen	dóen pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/, later /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ndóen

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 doén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language