Hi Neil,

Thank you.

What about any connection between the designation Domnann and the words damnad, 
damnand edil suggests it I think from the Fitness of Names?

On Thu, 29 Oct 2015 18:09:47 +0800, Neil McLeod <[log in to unmask]> 
wrote:

>Hi Terri.
>
>I assume that what you are asking is whether 'Domnann' could be the
>genitive singular of the word 'domun / doman' meaning 'the earth'. If so,
>the answer is 'no'. The genitive singular of 'domun' is 'domuin / domain'.
>
>Neil
>
>On 29/10/2015 5:52 PM, Terri M Smith wrote:
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Can anybody help with a question please?
>>
>> Years ago I read a piece by John Carey on the name Tuatha De Danann but I don't have
>> access to it at the moment.
>>
>>  From memory he states the earliest instances are Tuatha De Donann and notes the
>> similarity between this word and the word Domnann (esp. Indech mac De Domnann) 
with
>> the former occurring sometimes with an m and the latter sometimes written without it.
>>
>> I don't know if anybody has access to it or could email it to me, but my question is this: 
When the above name appears as in Indech mac De Domnann I often see it explained as
>> "son of the god *Domnu" and I was wondering if it's grammatically possible to derive it
>> instead from "son of the god of the world" either as a name or title De Domnu or De
>> Domnann rather than simply the name Domnu?
>>
>> Thanks in advance :)
>>