doon
English
Etymology 1
See down.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /duːn/
Noun
doon (plural doons)
- Alternative form of dun, an ancient or medieval fortification.
Anagrams
Limburgish
Etymology
From Middle Dutch doen, from Old Dutch duon, from Proto-Germanic *dōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-.
Verb
doon
- to do
Conjugation
non-finite forms | infinitive | gerund | present participle | past participle | adjective | adverb |
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(tö) doon | 't doon n | donendje | höbbe gedaon | gedaon, gedaone, gedaoner, gedaones | gedäöndjelik | |
number & tense | verb-second | verb-first | ||||
present | past | subjunctive | present | past | subjunctive | |
first person singular | doon | di-j | daon | doon | di-j | daon |
second person singular | deis | di-js | daons | deis | di-js | daons |
third person singular | deitj | di-j | daontj | deitj'r | di-j | daontj'r |
first person plural | doon | di-jje | daone | doontj | di-jtj | daontj |
second person plural | doontj | di-j | daontj | doontj | di-j, di-jtj | daontj |
third person plural | doon | di-jje | daone | doon | di-jje | daone |
other forms | noun | imperative singular impolite | imperative singular polite | imperative dual | imperative plural | inclusive |
't gedoons n | dooch! | dootj! | doon! | doontj! | daonem |
Derived terms
- euverdoon, óppernuuj doon
- euverdoonder
Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German dôn, from Old Saxon dōn, from Proto-Germanic *dōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-. Compare Low German doen, West Frisian dwaan, English do, German tun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /doʊ̯n/
Verb
doon (third-person singular simple present deit, past tense dee, past participle daan, auxiliary verb hebben)
- to do
- to put
- Do dat aver dor!
- Just put it in there!
- Do dat aver dor!
- (auxiliary) to cause to, to make; forms causative verbs
- (auxiliary, preterite) often used instead of the preterit of weak verbs, with an infinitive.
- Ik dee em en Kado geven!
- I gave him a present!
- Ik dee em en Kado geven!
- (auxiliary, preterite) always used in a subordinate clause with wenn, sometimes also with dat.
- So worr dat düüster wenn de Sünn ünnergahn dee
- It became dark when the sun went down!
- So worr dat düüster wenn de Sünn ünnergahn dee
Conjugation
infinitive | doon | |
---|---|---|
indicative | present | preterite |
1st person singular | do | dee |
2nd person singular | deist | deest |
3rd person singular | deit | dee |
plural | doot | deen |
imperative | present | — |
singular | do | |
plural | doot | |
participle | present | past |
doon | daan | |
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. |
Manx
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /duːn/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish dúnaid, dúinid (“shuts, closes; blocks, obstructs; joins, clasps; closes, ends”).
Alternative forms
Verb
doon (past ghoon, future independent doonee, verbal noun dooney, past participle doont)
Etymology 2
From Old Irish dún, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold”).
Noun
doon m (genitive singular doon, plural doonyn)
- fort, fastness
- Ta'n doon ard erskyn y valley. ― The fort commands the town.
- stronghold, bastion
Mutation
Manx mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
doon | ghoon | noon |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Middle English
Adjective
doon
Scots
Etymology
From Old English dūne, aphetic form of adūne, from of dūne (“off the hill”).
Adverb
doon (comparative mair doon, superlative maist doon)
- 1852-1859, Lady John Scott (lyrics and music), “Annie Laurie”, in Scottish Songs:
- / Maxwelton braes are bonnie, / Where early fa's the dew, / And its there that Annie Laurie, / Gie'd me her promise true / Gie'd me her promise true, / Which ne'er forgot shall be, / And for bonnie Annie Laurie / I'd lay me doon and dee.
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Preposition
doon
Derived terms
Somali
Verb
doon
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /doʔon/
Adverb
doon
- there (far from both the speaker and the listener)