doras

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See also: dorás and -doras

French

Verb

doras

  1. second-person singular past historic of dorer

Anagrams

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish dorus, from Proto-Celtic *dworestus, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“gate, door”). Akin to Welsh drws.

Pronunciation

Noun

doras m (genitive singular dorais, nominative plural doirse)

  1. door, doorway

Declension

Declension of doras

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative doras doirse
Vocative a dhorais a dhoirse
Genitive dorais doirse
Dative doras doirse

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an doras na doirse
Genitive an dorais na ndoirse
Dative leis an doras

don doras

leis na doirse

Meronyms

  • comhla m (“door, door-leaf”)
  • murlán m (“door-handle, door-knob”)

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
doras dhoras ndoras
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dorus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 82, page 44
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 129, page 50
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 67

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish dorus, from Proto-Celtic *dworestus, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“gate, door”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt̪ɔ.ɾəs̪/
  • (Lewis, North Skye, Sutherland, Easter Ross) IPA(key): /ˈt̪a.ɾəs̪/ (as if spelled daras)
  • (Barra, Cape Breton) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ɔ.ɾəs̪t̪/ (as if spelled dorast)
  • (East Perthshire) IPA(key): /t̪ɔɾs̪/

Noun

doras m (genitive singular dorais, plural dorsan)

  1. door, doorway
    Dùin an dorus. ― Close the door.
  2. wicket gate
  3. opening
  4. (medicine) orifice (as of a wound)
    neasgaid làn dhorsan ― a boil full of orifices

Derived terms

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “doras”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dorus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Verb

doras

  1. second-person singular present indicative of dorar
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