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doras
doras
Irish
Alternative forms
- dorus (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Irish dorus, from Proto-Celtic *dworestus, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“gate, door”). Akin to Welsh drws.
Pronunciation
Noun
doras m (genitive singular dorais, nominative plural doirse)
Declension
Declension of doras
First declension
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- doirseoir m (“doorman, janitor, porter”)
Mutation
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
doras | dhoras | ndoras |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- "doras" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “dorus” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish dorus, from Proto-Celtic *dworestus, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“gate, door”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt̪ɔ.ɾəs̪/
Noun
doras m (genitive singular dorais, plural dorsan)
- door, doorway
- Dùin an dorus. ― Close the door.
- wicket gate
- opening
- (medicine) orifice (as of a wound)
- neasgaid làn dhorsan ― a boil full of orifices
Derived terms
Terms derived from doras
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References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “dorus” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.