dooin

Manx

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duːnʲ/

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• doon

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

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dooin	ghooin	nooin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.