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

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
dóen	dóen pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/, later /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ndóen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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