doir

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See also: doír

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin dūrus.

Adjective

doir

  1. hard

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish dairid, from Proto-Celtic *daryeti, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- (“to leap, spring”). Cognate with Ancient Greek θρῴσκω (thrṓiskō, “to leap, attack”), Latvian dur̃t (“to stab, thrust, prick, jab”).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

doir (present analytic doireann, future analytic doirfidh, verbal noun dor, past participle dortha)

  1. (transitive, agriculture) to bull (mate with a cow or heifer)

Conjugation

conjugation of doir (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present doirim doireann tú;
doirir† 		doireann sé, sí doirimid doireann sibh doireann siad;
doirid† 		a dhoireann; a dhoireas /
a ndoireann* 		doirtear
past dhoir mé; dhoireas dhoir tú; dhoiris dhoir sé, sí dhoireamar; dhoir muid dhoir sibh; dhoireabhair dhoir siad; dhoireadar a dhoir /
ar dhoir* 		doireadh
past habitual dhoirinn / ndoirinn‡‡ dhoirteá / ndoirteᇇ dhoireadh sé, sí / ndoireadh sé, s퇇 dhoirimis; dhoireadh muid / ndoirimis‡‡; ndoireadh muid‡‡ dhoireadh sibh / ndoireadh sibh‡‡ dhoiridís; dhoireadh siad / ndoiridís‡‡; ndoireadh siad‡‡ a dhoireadh /
a ndoireadh* 		dhoirtí / ndoirt퇇
future doirfidh mé;
doirfead 		doirfidh tú;
doirfir† 		doirfidh sé, sí doirfimid;
doirfidh muid 		doirfidh sibh doirfidh siad;
doirfid† 		a dhoirfidh; a dhoirfeas /
a ndoirfidh* 		doirfear
conditional dhoirfinn / ndoirfinn‡‡ dhoirfeá / ndoirfeᇇ dhoirfeadh sé, sí / ndoirfeadh sé, s퇇 dhoirfimis; dhoirfeadh muid / ndoirfimis‡‡; ndoirfeadh muid‡‡ dhoirfeadh sibh / ndoirfeadh sibh‡‡ dhoirfidís; dhoirfeadh siad / ndoirfidís‡‡; ndoirfeadh siad‡‡ a dhoirfeadh /
a ndoirfeadh* 		dhoirfí / ndoirf퇇
subjunctive present go ndoire mé;
go ndoiread† 		go ndoire tú;
go ndoirir† 		go ndoire sé, sí go ndoirimid;
go ndoire muid 		go ndoire sibh go ndoire siad;
go ndoirid† 		— go ndoirtear
past dá ndoirinn dá ndoirteá dá ndoireadh sé, sí dá ndoirimis;
dá ndoireadh muid 		dá ndoireadh sibh dá ndoiridís;
dá ndoireadh siad 		— dá ndoirtí
imperative doirim doir doireadh sé, sí doirimis doirigí;
doiridh† 		doiridís — doirtear
verbal noun dor
past participle dortha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Mutated forms of doir
radical lenition eclipsis
doir dhoir ndoir

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*dar(y)o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 91

Further reading

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَائِر (dāʔir).

Postposition

doir

  1. concerning, relating (to)

Welsh

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

doir

  1. (literary) present/future impersonal of dod

Mutation

Mutated forms of doir
radical soft nasal aspirate
doir ddoir noir unchanged

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

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