dún-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dun"

Irish

Etymology

Lengthened from Middle Irish dun-, combining form of duine before a broad consonant.

Prefix

dún-

1. Combining form of duine (“human, person”)

   ‎dún- + ‎bású (“killing”) → ‎dúnbhású (“homicide”)

   ‎dún- + ‎marú (“killing”) → ‎dúnmharú (“murder”)

   ‎dún- + ‎argain (“destruction”) → ‎dúnorgain (“manslaughter”)

   ‎dún- + ‎poll (“hole”) → ‎dúnpholl (“manhole”)

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with dún-

dúnmharú

dúnorgain

Related terms

• daon-

Further reading

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