dogní

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• du·gní

Etymology

From dí- ‎ gníid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doˈɡʲnʲiː/

Verb

do·gní (prototonic ·dénai, verbal noun dénum)

1. to do
2. to make
3. to commit (a sin, crime etc.)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dogní.

Conjugation

Complex, class A III present, reduplicated s preterite, é future, e subjunctive

		1st sg.	2nd sg.	3rd sg.	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	Passive sg.	Passive pl.
Present indicative	Deut.	do·gníu	do·gní	do·gní	do·gníam	do·gníith	do·gníat, du·gníat	do·gníther, du·gníther	do·gníter
	Prot.	·dénim, ·dénaim; ·dernaim (ro-form)	·déni, ·dénai	·déni, ·dénai; ·dernai (ro-form)	·dénam	·dénaid	·dénat; ·dernat (ro-form)	·déntar	·dénatar
Imperfect indicative	Deut.	du·gníinn		do·gníth, du·gníth				do·gníthe
	Prot.							·déntae
Preterite	Deut.			do·génai			do·génsat		do·gnítha
	Prot.			·digni			·dénsat
Perfect	Deut.	do·rignius, do·rigénus	do·rignis	do·rigni, do·rigéni	do·rigénsam	do·rigénsaid	do·rigénsat, du·rigénsat	do·rónad; dud·rónath (with infixed pronoun d-)	do·rónta
	Prot.	·deirgénus, ·dernus	·dernais	·deirgéni			·deirgénsat	·dernad
Future	Deut.	do·gén, du·gén	do·génae	do·géna	do·génam	do·génaid	do·génat	do·géntar	do·génatar
	Prot.	·digén			·dignem, ·digénam		·dignet; ·dergénat (ro-form)
Conditional	Deut.	do·génainn		do·génad	do·génmis, do·génmais; do·rigénmais (ro-form)	do·rigénte (ro-form)		do·géntae
	Prot.			·digned
Present subjunctive	Deut.	do·gnéo, du·gnéu; do·rón (ro-form)	do·gné; do·rónae (ro-form)	do·gné; do·róna (ro-form)	do·gnem; do·rónam (ro-form)	do·gned, do·gneid, do·gneith, du·gneid; do·rónaid (ro-form)	do·gnet; do·rónat (ro-form)	do·gnethar; do·róntar (ro-form)	do·gnetar
	Prot.	·dern (ro-form)	·dénae; ·dernae (ro-form)	·déna; ·derna (ro-form)	·dénam; ·dernam (ro-form)	·dénaid; ·dernaid (ro-form)	·dernat (ro-form)	·déntar; ·derntar (ro-form)	·dénatar
Past subjunctive	Deut.	do·gneinn; do·róininn (ro-form)	do·gnetha	do·gneth; do·rónad (ro-form)	do·gnemmis, du·gnemmis	do·gnethe; do·róntae (ro-form)	do·gnetis	do·gnethe; do·rónta, do·róntae (ro-form)	do·róntais (ro-form)
	Prot.	·dernainn		·dernad (ro-form)	·dénmis, ·dénmais; ·dernmis, ·dernmais (ro-form)	·déntae	·déntais; ·derntais (ro-form)	·déntae; ·derntae (ro-form)
Imperative			déne, dénae	da·ngníid (with infixed pronoun a-); dénad		dos·ngníith (with infixed pronoun s-); dénaid
Verbal noun		dénum
Past participle		dénta
Verbal of necessity		dénti, déinti

Synonyms

• gníid

Descendants

• Irish: déan
• Manx: jean
• Scottish Gaelic: dèan

Mutation

Mutation of dogní

radical	lenition	nasalization
do·gní	do·gní pronounced with /-ɣ(ʲ)-/	do·ngní

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old 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), “dogní”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, pages 541–43