# dúnn
## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse dúnn, from Proto-Germanic *dūnaz (“down”), which is related to *dauniz (“(pleasant) smell”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰowh₂-nis, from the root *dʰewh₂-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tutn]
    Rhymes: -utn

### Noun

dúnn m (genitive singular dúns, no plural)
* down (immature feathers on young birds)

#### References

* Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
* Guus Kroonen (2013) “dauna-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 90
* Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “dúnn”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
* Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
* “dúnn” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
* “dúnn”, in Íðorðabanki [Terminology Bank] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, 2002–2024

## Old Irish
### Etymology 1
#### Alternative forms

* dúin, dún, duún, dúun

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [duːn͈]

#### Pronoun

dúnn (emphatic dúnni or dúnnai)
* first-person plural of do: to us, for us

##### Quotations

* c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 15$^c$23
    Hóre is cuci rigmi, is ferr dún placere illi.Since it is to him we will go, it is better for us to please him.
* c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 32$^c$15
    Amal as·robrad fri Dauid do·rolgida a pecthi dó, ní eperr immurgu frinni, in tain du·luigter dún ar pecthi.As it was said to David that his sins were forgiven him, it is not however said to us when our sins are forgiven us.
* c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 53$^b$17
    ocu·bether .i. comaicsigfid Día dún tri sodinshall be touched, i.e. God will bring [it] near to us through that

##### Descendants

* Irish: dúinn
* Manx: dooin
* Scottish Gaelic: dhuinn

### Etymology 2
#### Article

dúnn
* Alternative form of don (“to/for the sg”)
** c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 77$^a$15
    Is dúnn imchumurc fil isin chanóin fris·gair lessóm a n‑imchomarc n-ísiu .i. ne occideris .i. in ⸉n‑í⸊írr-siu .i. non. .i. nís·n‑ulemairbfe ci asid·roilliset.It is to the interrogation that is in the canon that this interrogation answers with him, i.e. ne occideris i.e. will you sg slay i.e. non i.e. you will not slay them all although they have deserved it.