dorú

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See also: doru, Doru, and dōru

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse dorg[1] (compare Faroese dorg (“fishing line”)), from Proto-Germanic *durgō, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- (“to bind fast”).

Pronunciation

Noun

dorú m (genitive singular dorú, nominative plural doruithe)

  1. line (rope, cord or string)
  2. (specifically) fishing line
    dorú iascaireachta ― fishing line
    iascaireacht le dorú ― line fishing
    Chaith sé an dorú amach.
    He cast out the line.

Declension

Declension of dorú (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative dorú doruithe
vocative a dhorú a dhoruithe
genitive dorú doruithe
dative dorú doruithe
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an dorú na doruithe
genitive an dorú na ndoruithe
dative leis an dorú
don dorú 		leis na doruithe

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of dorú
radical lenition eclipsis
dorú dhorú ndorú

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), “doruba”, 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 82
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 139

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