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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish do·fortai (“to pour, pour out, shed”).
Pronunciation
Verb
doirt (present analytic doirteann, future analytic doirtfidh, verbal noun doirteadh, past participle doirte)
- to pour
- to spill
- to shed, (of colours) run
- (figurative) to pour out, exhaust
- (literary) to submerge, extinguish
Conjugation
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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present
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doirtim
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doirteann tú; doirtir†
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doirteann sé, sí
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doirtimid
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doirteann sibh
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doirteann siad; doirtid†
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a dhoirteann; a dhoirteas / a ndoirteann*; a ndoirteas*
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doirtear
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past
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dhoirt mé; dhoirteas
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dhoirt tú; dhoirtis
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dhoirt sé, sí
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dhoirteamar; dhoirt muid
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dhoirt sibh; dhoirteabhair
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dhoirt siad; dhoirteadar
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a dhoirt / ar dhoirt*
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doirteadh
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past habitual
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dhoirtinn / ndoirtinn‡‡
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dhoirteá / ndoirteᇇ
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dhoirteadh sé, sí / ndoirteadh sé, s퇇
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dhoirtimis; dhoirteadh muid / ndoirtimis‡‡; ndoirteadh muid‡‡
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dhoirteadh sibh / ndoirteadh sibh‡‡
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dhoirtidís; dhoirteadh siad / ndoirtidís‡‡; ndoirteadh siad‡‡
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a dhoirteadh / a ndoirteadh*
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dhoirtí / ndoirt퇇
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future
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doirtfidh mé; doirtfead
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doirtfidh tú; doirtfir†
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doirtfidh sé, sí
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doirtfimid; doirtfidh muid
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doirtfidh sibh
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doirtfidh siad; doirtfid†
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a dhoirtfidh; a dhoirtfeas / a ndoirtfidh*; a ndoirtfeas*
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doirtfear
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conditional
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dhoirtfinn / ndoirtfinn‡‡
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dhoirtfeá / ndoirtfeᇇ
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dhoirtfeadh sé, sí / ndoirtfeadh sé, s퇇
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dhoirtfimis; dhoirtfeadh muid / ndoirtfimis‡‡; ndoirtfeadh muid‡‡
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dhoirtfeadh sibh / ndoirtfeadh sibh‡‡
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dhoirtfidís; dhoirtfeadh siad / ndoirtfidís‡‡; ndoirtfeadh siad‡‡
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a dhoirtfeadh / a ndoirtfeadh*
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dhoirtfí / ndoirtf퇇
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subjunctive
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present
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go ndoirte mé; go ndoirtead†
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go ndoirte tú; go ndoirtir†
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go ndoirte sé, sí
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go ndoirtimid; go ndoirte muid
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go ndoirte sibh
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go ndoirte siad; go ndoirtid†
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—
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go ndoirtear
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past
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dá ndoirtinn
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dá ndoirteá
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dá ndoirteadh sé, sí
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dá ndoirtimis; dá ndoirteadh muid
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dá ndoirteadh sibh
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dá ndoirtidís; dá ndoirteadh siad
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—
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dá ndoirtí
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imperative
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doirtim
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doirt
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doirteadh sé, sí
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doirtimis
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doirtigí; doirtidh†
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doirtidís
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—
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doirtear
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verbal noun
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doirteadh
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past participle
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doirte
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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doirt
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dhoirt
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ndoirt
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “doirt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “do·fortai”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language