domna

Syncope of domina. Widely used in Vulgar, Late and Medieval Latin

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdɔm.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdɔm.na]

domna f (genitive domnae, masculine domnus); first declension

1. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) lady, mistress

First-declension noun.

• *domnicella

• Emilian: dòna
• French: dame
• Italian: donna
• Old Occitan: domna, doma, dompna
  • Occitan: dòna
  • Catalan: dona
• Old Galician-Portuguese: dona
  • Portuguese: dona
• Romanian: doamnă
• Sicilian: donna
• Spanish: dueña

• "domna", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “domna”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

domna f (1st declension)

1. blast furnace

• doma, dompna

From Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔmna/

domna f (oblique plural domnas, nominative singular domna, nominative plural domnas)

1. woman, lady (female adult human being)
   • c. 1000, author unknown, Boecis:

     E sa ma dextra la domna u libre te

     In her right hand, the woman held a book.

   • c. 1110, Guilhèm de Peitieus, Canso:

     Qual pro y auretz, dompna conja, / Si vostr’amors mi deslonja?

     What gain for you, beautiful lady, if you distance me from your love?

   • c. 1145, Bernard de Ventadour, Pel doutz chan que.l rossinhols fai:

     Domna, vostre sui e serai

     Woman, yours I am and yours I will be.

• Occitan: dòna
• Catalan: dona

domna (present domnar, preterite domnade, supine domnat, imperative domna)

1. (often with bort (“away”) or av (“off”)) to go numb (temporarily lose sensation in some part of the body)

   Synonym: (usually of a leg or an arm) somna (“fall asleep”)

   Jag har domnat (bort/av) i benet / Mitt ben har domnat (bort/av)

   My leg has gone numb / fallen asleep

2. (often with bort (“away”) or av (“off”), uncommon) to lose consciousness

   få ett slag i huvudet och domna av

   get hit on the head and lose consciousness

• domna in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• domna in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• domna in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)