doire

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See also: Doire, doíre, and dóire

Irish

Etymology

PIE word
*dóru

From Old Irish daire (oak forest), a derivative of Proto-Celtic *daru (oak), from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (oak).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɛɾʲə/

Noun

doire m (genitive singular doire, nominative plural doirí)

  1. grove, especially of oak trees

Declension

Declension of doire (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative doire doirí
vocative a dhoire a dhoirí
genitive doire doirí
dative doire doirí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an doire na doirí
genitive an doire na ndoirí
dative leis an doire
don doire
leis na doirí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of doire
radical lenition eclipsis
doire dhoire ndoire

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

Portuguese

Verb

doire

  1. inflection of doirar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative