daor

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish doír, dóer (servile, unfree, serf).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

daor (genitive singular masculine daoir, genitive singular feminine daoire, plural daora, comparative daoire)

  1. unfree; base, servile
  2. convicted, condemned
  3. hard, severe; costly (in effort, in suffering)
  4. dear, high-priced, expensive
    Synonyms: costasach, costasúil

Declension

Declension of daor
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative daor dhaor daora;
dhaora2
vocative dhaoir daora
genitive daoire daora daor
dative daor;
dhaor1
dhaor;
dhaoir (archaic)
daora;
dhaora2
Comparative níos daoire
Superlative is daoire

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Antonyms

Noun

daor m (genitive singular daoir, nominative plural daoir)

  1. unfree person; slave; helot
  2. condemned, convicted, person

Declension

Declension of daor (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative daor daoir
vocative a dhaoir a dhaora
genitive daoir daor
dative daor daoir
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an daor na daoir
genitive an daoir na ndaor
dative leis an daor
don daor
leis na daoir

Derived terms

Verb

daor (present analytic daorann, future analytic daorfaidh, verbal noun daoradh, past participle daortha) (transitive)

  1. enslave
  2. convict, condemn

Conjugation

Mutation

Mutated forms of daor
radical lenition eclipsis
daor dhaor ndaor

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “doír”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 15
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 74

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish doír, dóer (servile, unfree).

Pronunciation

Adjective

daor

  1. expensive
  2. dear (expensive)

Antonyms

Noun

daor m

  1. slave
  2. earth, land

Verb

daor

  1. raise the price, make dearer
  2. sentence, doom, condemn
  3. enslave

Mutation

Mutation of daor
radical lenition
daor dhaor

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “daor”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “doír”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language